This is Game Over, Chapter 7. Oh and the reason why Sokka is mostly silent is to emphasize the seriousness he's taking to when he fights. Kinda like when he was fighting his master. ^^ but I'll make him a fool in this chapter. XD Thanks for the reviews and the votes! It really helped!
Sasuke smirked down at Sokka, from atop the ice. The tribesman was desperately hacking at the unyielding barrier as Sasuke watched, amused.
The others back on the shore waited in bated breath at the outcome of the match as they stared at the icy dragon sculptures that blocked their view.
"AAAAAAHHHH!" Sokka yelled a half-strangled battle cry as he began to furiously hit the ice a thousand times faster until he ran out of strength. The youth fell to the icy surface and sat pouting.
The warm-up hasn't ended yet. Why not reveal to these runts a new technique? Sasuke thought.
Water Style: Water Vortex Jutsu!
The hurricane hit Sokka full force and shattered the ice, sending Sokka plunging down into the water. Oddly the sea serpent hadn't surfaced yet; it probably got smart and found a new area to swim.
Sokka emerged from the surface of the water, spluttering and coughing. "Blast you!" he shouted enraged. "You're cheating! You used bending; this is a battle of swordsmanship!"
Sasuke looked down at the boy and smirked again. "I think it's quite fair. After all your comrades are helping you." The Uchiha turned his back on the enraged tribesman, making Sokka even more furious. "if you were going against an opponent who was trying his hardest to kill you, your foe would not hesitate to use anything to their advantage; in this case: bending." the X-Akatsuki looked over his shoulder, adding, "And also, if you are going to vent…At least be a man and cuss right."
Sokka huffed angrily while the others back on shore laughed.
The tribesman lifted himself up, with some difficulty, onto a slab of ice still afloat on the surface. "I can't fight you with all this water weighing me down." Sokka complained. "I need to dry off…with wind or fire…"
Sasuke smirked. "You want fire? I can take care of that." Leaping up into the air, the last Uchiha drew a deep breath.
Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!
The flames shot toward where Sokka was, or had been at least. The moment the flames escaped his opponent's mouth, Sokka jumped into the water. Steam blew from the surface where the fireball had hit, creating the best cover for both Sokka and Sasuke. Sasuke had the advantage though, since his Sharingan eyes could pretty much see where Sokka was.
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Sokka ran to shore where Aang quickly dried him with a gust of wind. Suddenly a giant fireball hurtled toward them which Aang deflected it with his own as the water tribesman ran for it. The Avatar turned upward to see the attacker looming above them all, atop a tall tower. "So you're joining my warm-up session?" Sasuke asked, bored as he twirled his katana about.
"What are you doing?" Aang shouted. "This is a spar! You're not supposed to try and kill someone!"
"Yeah!" Sokka shouted behind a pillar. "Tell him Aang!" he fell silent when the Uchiha turned to stare at him.
Sasuke shrugged. "I'm not trying to kill anyone. You'll notice that my attacks aren't as strong as they could be." Everyone sweatdropped at that while Aang opened and closed his mouth, speechless.
"I think you're overestimating your destructive capabilities." Suki called over.
"Fine, should I fight him with one hand behind my back?" Sasuke suggested.
"No." Suki's eyes widened in surprise at Sokka's reply. "This is my fight. I wouldn't hear the end of it if you went easy on me. I couldn't live it down if that happened." Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the dramatic atmosphere.
Is this guy for real? Sasuke thought, eye twitching slightly. Well it's over anyway.
Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!
Sasuke blew a steady stream of flames at Sokka, who made a run for cover while Aang and Toph created more and more sand structures some of which provided cover for the tribesman. The places where the flames hit turned to glass at the intense heat. The atmosphere was crazy with the frenzied events occurring all at once: Sokka and Sasuke's spar, Aang and Toph competing and covering for their friend, the crowd of spectators that had gathered to the show which had reached its climax.
Aang shouted to Sasuke who was deciding his next move. "Hey, go easy on Sokka or we might have to join in!" Sasuke deduced that "we" was Aang and Toph…and Katara if she wakes up.
The Uchiha shrugged. "I'd like nothing more than additional obstacles for this warm-up." He said, calmly as he sheathed his sword. "I won't even draw my sword." The Uchiha paused and summoned a few shurikens from the seals on his wrists. "I'll fight with my bending and with stars and knives."
Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!
The X-Akatsuki threw his fiery weapons at Aang and Sokka but a wall of sand blocked both of them. Sasuke turned slightly and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Toph in earth-bending stance. "I've come to join the party!" the small girl shouted as she went through the motions of her stance, preparing to hurl boulders at her opponent.
"The shield is useless unless you guard 360 degrees of the victim." Sasuke chided and suddenly the flaming weapons he threw curved around the wall.
Damn it! Toph thought. He—
—had wires attached to the weapons?! Aang, Sokka, and Toph thought in unison. Sasuke charged at the group, running alongside the walls of a colossal sand castle, just as Aang blew a gust of wind to distinguish the flames of the projectiles. "That's not gonna cut it!" the Uchiha commented. "You still have to get through my weapons."
Suddenly, Sokka's boomerang hit the missiles off course, Sasuke glanced side ways to see Sokka sigh in relief. "I got my boomerang from the side of the building when I got back on shore." Sokka said, panting.
"Hnn…Impressive but it's over now." Sasuke said, closing his eyes.
Sharingan!
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Ty Lee looked from the sidelines, staring at the newcomer's eyes curiously. They're red with this design on them. What is he? What's happening?
Suki watched the spar by the acrobat's sidelong; she glanced sidelong to see the usually bubbly girl frowning. The Kyoshi leader followed the girl's gaze and saw that she was staring at none other than Sasuke. "What's wrong?" Suki asked the Fire Nation girl. "You seem puzzled."
Ty Lee shook her head. "Nothing! Must be the trick of the light." She smiled cheerfully. She saw Suki roll her eyes.
"Please if you saw the new boy in a halo of light and angel wings then I'd say you are seriously in love." She smirked when Ty Lee flushed.
"No I was NOT seeing that."
"Whatever. Denial."
"Oh, c'mon, stop teasing!"
"I'll try not to~."
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Sasuke zoomed in on Toph's movements and mimicked them, even predicting her movements and went through them even before she did. Finishing the motions, the Uchiha slammed his palms against the ground several seconds before Toph did the same thing.
What the hell?! The earth-bender expert thought, surprised beyond belief. How did he—?!
Sasuke pulled a metal staff from the sand; an artifact of his new bending he developed a few second ago. "Well now I know that your techniques can come in use." The Uchiha remarked mildly, examining the staff.
"You copied my bending!" Toph shouted angrily.
"How?!" Aang asked, shocked. "How did you perfect earth-bending, water-bending, and fire-bending?! Only the Avatar is able to use master all the elements!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Please…You have an inflated sense of importance." Spinning the staff until it practically disappeared, the last Uchiha charged. "Anyone could probably master all the elements if they tried!"
Toph produced her own staff and swung at the Uchiha but the Sharingan predicted that and Sasuke was able to dodge the attack. The former Akatsuki kicked Toph up into the air, disarming her, and catching her staff. Throwing the two staffs like spears, Sasuke pinned Toph by her sleeves on the side of a building. Aang tried to blow Sasuke back with a typhoon of wind but Sasuke responded by throwing a letter bomb wrapped around a kunai.
The knife blew up in the wind and the flames were strengthened through the huge gusts, creating a hurricane of fire that the young monk quickly put out with the water in the sea. That split second of confusion gave Sasuke enough time to prepare. The Uchiha threw a dozen weapons around Aang who seemed surprised that they missed until he realized there were strings attached. The weapons wrapped around a pillar and the strings tightened around the unfortunate boy.
"Two down, one to go." Sasuke said, pretending to wipe the 'imaginary' sweat off his forehead. He turned to Sokka who came charging at him head on. "That's called letting your guard down." Sasuke commented and ducked under the tribesman's wild slash, hitting him in the solar plexus and sending Sokka flying into the water. Suki ran toward her boyfriend, concerned but a hand flew out of the water halting her.
"Do not help me!" Sokka said, nostrils flaring and eyes aflame. "I shall defeat my foe!"
Suki shortstopped, eye twitching. "Sokka, are you sure…?" but her question needn't be answered as Sokka staggered out of the water.
Weighed down by the water and disoriented by it and the blow to the weakest part of his body, the Water tribesman leaned on his sword huffing.
Sasuke flipped backward suddenly and dodged Sokka's boomerang. "You're very good at concealing when you throw your weapon." Sasuke exclaimed. "But it's still no use if you can't conceal your intentions. I see you're every intended move in your eyes, whether you'll feint to the left or the right, throw the boomerang or wait. You're like an open book."
"Thanks for the backhanded compliment." Sokka said sarcastically. "I've had a lot of those from Zuko."
"That wasn't a compliment." Sokka's eye twitched.
"You know what?! I can't stand you!" he said, whining. Then Sokka put on the "serious" face. "But let's finish this first. I'm taking your spotlight."
Sokka slowly drew his sword into a ready stance and charged.
Sasuke smirked. I can't stop thinking this: he's so dramatic. He went into a ready stance then took his sword, still in its sheath and held it up as if to stab the sky. Oh well, it wouldn't hurt to break etiquette and be dramatic also.
The two charged at each other but when Sokka's left slash was a hair's breath away from Sasuke's sheath, the former Akatsuki sped up and dodged to the right.
Sasuke's sheathed sword hit the tribesman's solar plexus again and Sokka's sword fell out of his hand as Sasuke quickly disarmed him.
"Game Over."
That's it for now. You liked it? Yes? No? Review! C'mon~ Anyway I need the criticism and some suggestions on what should happen next. Also I will be correcting some of the chapters soon so don't worry about that though I'd like to know the errors in this story. Anyway, thank you all. See ya!
