Book 1 Chapter 10- Back to Ba Sing Se
Characters: Ryan Gaia (Orion), Suta-Shutaru, and Atlas
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-The Outskirts-
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We passed through the deep valley where the dead Dai Li bodies were already picked to the bone. We passed by the hospital where my month and a half recovery took place, past the castle where I'd first encountered my brother after 20 years, talk about going down memory lane. So much had happened to me since leaving Ba Sing Se. I felt something wet fall on my shoe and looked up. Sure enough there were dark clouds in the sky but thankfully there was a town about 3 miles ahead of us. We were moving through Earthbending so it would only take us about 30 minutes to get there. We got their and got a room with only two beds. I thought it wouldn't be Me and Suta didn't have problem sharing a bed but she had a problem sharing the bed with me AND Atlas. I laid in that bed that night thinking how great my life was starting to turn out and what I had coming to me in the oh so near future. I had my Godfather, my Godmother, my Great Uncle, and not to mention my Godbrother was the current Firelord. My highly skilled Earthbending teacher Atlas and most of all I had her. Suta. I listened to the soft drizzle of rain on the window, it was so serene, so calm, so soothing.
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-Next Morning-
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"Dear Orion and Suta, I have gone to the store to get us our lunch and dinner for tonight, be back around mid day. Atlas. Well she at east left a note huh?" I said. "Yeah oh there's a P.S. Carve a model of Suta out of rock by the time I get back, you need to work on your precision." We looked at each other after I put the letter down. She blushed, I smiled. I raised my hand and pulled some Earth out of the ground. "Shall we begin?" I said.
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-Saosasu-
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I was up still listening to the sound of Atlas snoring and the rain gushing on the window. This was the third day we had rented this motel room and the third day it had poured rain. However Atlas was right, I needed work on my precision because even after three days I still hadn't finished the sculpture and it was starting to get annoying. Every time I got close to completing it I got in a rush and made to strong of a movement, cracking the sculpture, and causing it to collapse. The upside is that I got to stare at Suta constantly. There is no other face I'd rather see. There was a slight creek on the front porch. Someone was here. I got out of bed to see who it was and drew two daggers of Earth out of the ground while I was at it. It was the hottest summer yet on this side of the fire nation yet it was amazingly cold outside. There wasn't anyone on the porch. "Orion." I looked out to the main road where the voice had came from but no one was there. I went back inside put my shroud on, buttoned it tightly and went outside. It was still raining so I put my hood on. I walked out into the street, "Orion, come this way." I followed the voice further, still gripping my daggers closely. The voice lead me deep through a forest where it came to what looked to be an old shrine. There was a square sparring square like the one I trained on with Sokka for weeks except it was much smaller in size. There was a burst of flames and my brother rose out of the black flames. I ran at him but he dodged me. "Orion I would've killed you while you were alone in the forest if that was my intent. I came here to talk." I stomped the ground. He wasn't lying, yet I kept my daggers close at hand.
"You badly injured Argo."
"Yeah I know, but you spied on me in Kyoshi?"
"No I meant on the mountain top. That's right the weakling that you fought for Suta's love is really my apprentice. If I hadn't taught him to bend lava I would probably be searching for a new apprentice right now instead of having this conversation with you."
"Well get to your point, I'm getting bored. I just want to know something. How come you killed our parents? And master Kamome? Huh?"
"That is actually what this conversation was about. You must understand-"
"There is nothing to understand! You killed them over a stupid old people club!"
"Silence yourself! There is something to understand! They threw me out of the White Lotus for my "insane" ideas, but they weren't mine. I heard mother and father talking one night, you were still little, and dad said that the world was out of order. That it needed to be guided in order to achieve the resolve that this beautiful planet deserves."
"Your lying, you just want to take over the world! You want the Black Rose to rule anyone who isn't a member, not to achieve world peace!"
"You fool? Who said anything about ruling? I plan on destroying mankind! It has ruined this world, corrupted it!"
I looked at him with hate. I didn't think of that, he loves the planet but hates who he is? Now I'm thinking like Sokka. It is not my place to decide who someone is.
"It was originally our fathers idea to convince the White Lotus organization to use their power to take control of the four nations until balance was restored. Why stop there? For weeks I questioned myself what was causing this world such an imbalance. I tried every possible reason and came to a conclusion. Humanity. It has successfully become the ultimate virus, ending the world millenniums before it's time by using it's natural resources" Saosasu explained.
"You know I've heard of environmentalist's but boy, you take this to the extreme."
"Insolent fool! You will see in the near future that I was right! I think that is all I have to say to you!" Another burst of black flames and he disappeared. It was dawn already. I walked back into camp where the rain was starting to let up. Suta burst out of the door and ran at full speed towards me. When she got to me she hit me really hard on the chest, screaming, and crying "I thought you had left! I was worried, don't ever scare me like that again!" "Don't worry I won't leave you, ever." I thought it best to wait awhile before telling the two what my brother had just told me. I went back inside and lie down for some sleep; I had a feeling that I would sure as hell need it tomorrow.
