Another multiparter! This was made to put some action in after the last few chapters.
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11 reviews in one day! You guys are awesome!
Also since i neglected to mention it before, The Asami Energybender Poll will be closing on the 25th (the same day that i'll release the final part of Turning the Tides.)
I do not own Avatar.
The First Avatar
Book 1: Mind
Chapter 29: Battle Royale Round 1
The day after Team Korra's spirit lesson, Silver once again interrupted their afternoon training. At lunch she had announced a Battle Royale Tournament. Korra's vision of Toph had cancelled the last one and they had been too caught up in training and that business with Tarrlok to reschedule. Until today that is.
Korra, Tahno, Mako, Bolin, Asami, Tenzin and Lin stood side by side as Silver explained the rules:
"First, each battle will last until you knock your opponent off the edge of the arena. Second, you are not allowed to use more than one method of bending, Korra and I will be limited to one element however you may not bend the base AND specialty type of an element. You can Earthbend OR Metalbend, not both. Third, this may be a Battle Royale but the main point is to show that you can fight skilfully, brute strength will not be enough." She told them as Zuko, Katara, Pema and her children came down to sit in the special 'Judge's Box' that Silver had made.
"Those six are the judges, they will decide after the battle who fought the most skilfully, that person becomes the winner. The one who managed to stay in the arena gains a one vote advantage." Silver smiled.
"What's the prize for winning?" asked Tahno.
Silver smiled deviously, "Whoever wins gets to be the King or Queen of Air Temple Island for one day. Everyone on the Island has to obey every word they say! Just make sure it's nothing TOO bad, 'kay guys?"
They all smiled as they thought of the things they could do with that position…
Round one would be four matches between the Eight Contestants; Anima Aes were banned for everyone except Asami (she was allowed since she couldn't bend). Each chose their bending type and prepared for the first fight.
"The first battle will be Silver the Firebender VS Tahno the Icebender!" Zuko announced.
Silver earthbended the training arena so it stood a metre of the ground before firebending herself on to the arena, Tahno just climbed up normally.
"The special condition for this round is…Anima Trouble! Seiryu and Genbu will be on the side lines and will occasionally throw fireballs or mess with the arena to try and throw you off! If an Anima knocks you off then it's an instant loss!" Katara announced.
Silver and Tahno looked at each other. "When did we add special conditions?" asked Tahno.
"I think the kids just made them up…" Silver said, sighing.
"FIGHT!"
Silver barely had time to avoid an icicle rushing toward her face, she jabbed a fireball at the second one before using a flaming kick to redirect a fireball from Seiryu at Tahno. Tahno easily avoided the ball and launched a small flurry of ice arrows, forcing Silver back on the defensive. He was slowly and steadily pushing her back before the earth beneath his foot suddenly shifted and threw him off balance. Then it was Tahno defending as he was stuck avoiding blast after blast of intense flames, his icy shields worthless under such heat. Trying desperately to push his way back from the edge, Tahno gambled by launching a sneaky ice disk at Silver. It backfired however when it was melted by Seiryu, resulting in Silver being able to knock Tahno off the arena with a one-two combo from her flaming fists. When they confirmed that Tahno was unhurt, the judges began judging.
"That last gamble from Tahno may have backfired but I can't say it wasn't cool! I vote Tahno." Zuko said.
"I have to agree! It was a very good use of ice under fire! I vote Tahno." Katara added.
"I don't know anything about bending but I do know that Silver's fire was too hot for me…I vote Tahno." Pema said, fanning herself.
"I disagree; I think Silver did great, especially since she used the Special condition to her advantage. I vote Silver." Jinora said, smiling at her.
"Yeah! She was all like-WHOOSH KAPOW AHHH! It was awesome! I vote Silver!" Ikki rambled.
"I really liked 'em both but Silver's pretty so I vote her." Meelo said, picking his nose.
So with four votes to three, Silver won the first battle and moved on to round two.
"For the second battle of round one we have…Korra the Waterbender VS Asami the Non-bender!" Katara announced.
"This round's special condition is…Windy Weather! Our three little airbenders will be blowing some strong winds through the arena at regular intervals so be sure to hold on!" Korra and Asami took battle stances, facing each other, both smirking and Asami with Byakko in claw form on her hands.
"FIGHT!"
The wind blast came immediately and both Asami and Korra were pushed to the edge of the arena. Korra recovered first and tried to knock Asami off with a roundhouse water blast, however the rich girl was too quick and backed out of the way, using Byakko to blast the water toward Korra with a strong gust. Korra's vision was obscured by the incoming water and as she waterbent it to the floor, Asami appeared behind it and slashed at Korra. Korra back-stepped but only barely managed to avoid it, responding with a high-pressure water jet to knock the other girl back. Asami used an artful flip to avoid the brunt of the jet before dashing forward to slash again. The wind burst through the arena again but this time, Byakko stopped it from affecting Asami but Korra was once again sent flying, forced to use her water jets to avoid being knocked off. Asami wasted no time in darting toward Korra to deliver the final blow, of course she didn't realise… Korra could hit without bending, lunging forward and knocking Asami backward with a palm to the forehead. As she was staggered, Korra used her water jets to knock Asami off of the arena, winning the fight. But would she win the round?
"An excellent use of the Wind by Asami. I vote for her." Zuko said, clearly impressed.
"She definitely fought well but Korra's ability to fight with bending and without was impressive. I vote Korra." Katara said, smiling to her old apprentice.
"Still I think Asami deserves a medal for doing so well against a bender without being one herself. I vote Asami." Pema smiled, happy to see a strong young non-bender holding her own against the Avatar.
"I kind of have to agree with Master Zuko…Asami used the special condition to help her, just like Silver did, so I vote Asami. Sorry Korra." Jinora said, she looked up to Korra, so felt bad voting against her.
"Well I just thought that the water jets were cool so I vote Korra." Ikki said.
"I vote Korra too, it was really frustrating trying to knock them both off with Asami messing with my flow" Meelo pouted, missing the point.
Asami sighed and smiled at Korra, offering her hand to shake which Korra happily took.
"Well Silver and Korra have moved on to round two! Which two of the final four will join her? The third match will be Bolin the Earthbender VS Lin the Metalbender!"
Bolin and Lin took to the arena, eagerly waiting to start.
"The special condition is… The Post Arena! The battle arena will be replaced by a series of columns; there will be no voting this round so if you fall off, you lose! FIGHT!"
Silver quickly earthbent several sections of the arena down to ground level, leaving the battle field a series of small columns. Bolin took his chance by bending the pillar that Lin was standing on, however Lin just used her metal wires as extra appendages to keep her up. With the metal keeping her up, Lin could effectively fly across the battle arena without trouble. Bolin tried to knock her away with various earthbending attacks but found that Lin's metal made it impossible for him to knock her down. The battle became a game of tag, with Lin using her primary coils to move she was unable to attack properly, meaning she was stuck trying to punch or kick off Bolin, however whenever she fought she had him, he would just earthbend up a pillar to land on and would be saved. About ten minutes of dodging and Lin was slowing down… which is when Bolin took his chance. He used his bending to shatter the pillars that Lin's coils were wrapped around, resulting in her falling, only to receive a pillar to her armoured gut and be sent flying out of the ring. Bolin had waited until Lin would be too tired to react quickly, giving him the chance to attack.
With there being no judging, Lin accepted defeat and praised her pupil, "You did brilliantly but don't think your tough enough to beat me just yet." She smiled, Bolin looking proud of himself. After Silver fixed the arena, it was time for the final match of round one.
"Now the final two contestants must face each other to decide the line-up for round two. Mako the Firebender VS Tenzin the Airbender! The special condition this round is… Ice Field! The entire arena floor will be iced over and any attempts at flying or melting the ice will be met with an ice ball to the face! Courtesy of Tahno!" The water bender in question stepped away from the newly frozen arena, smirking as the two fighters stepped on to it.
"FIGHT!"
Tenzin immediately tried using a gust of wind to push Mako off but with such a slippery floor, he sent himself sliding backwards as well! Mako tried to melt the ice directly below his feet so as to avoid suspicion but Tahno noticed and smacked in the head with a snowball sized chunk of ice that left Mako reeling backwards. Tenzin tried to use his father's air scooter technique to move forward but slipped as he tried to jump on, falling backside first on to the frozen floor. Mako shook his head to clear his dizziness before using his firebending to jet himself forward, his feet not leaving the ground as he imitated the move that Korra had used against Asami. Once he got close, Mako used his fire jabs to try and force Tenzin back but was instead met by a sudden gust of air, making him look like a dog sticking it's head out of the window of a Sato mobile. Still reeling from the wind blast Mako was unable to defend himself as Tenzin sent a wind blast uppercut right between his legs, knocking him off the arena and making every male on the island cringe.
As Mako sat in the foetal position the judges gave their scores.
"Despite knocking Mako off the arena I have to vote against you Tenzin, that was just too cruel." Zuko said, shaking his head.
"I disagree. All's fair in love and war, I vote Tenzin." Katara smiled; secretly laughing at Mako's sorry state (she had become quite sadistic in her old age!)
"I also vote Tenzin; it would have been a harder choice but since I am married to him I'll go with him" Pema said with a smile, winking at Tenzin.
"Sorry daddy but I'm voting Mako. You were way to mean!" Jinora said, looking sympathetically at Mako.
"I'm voting Mako 'cause daddy fell on his butt…" Ikki said, looking embarrassed at her father's poor display at the air scooter.
"I vote Mako too! You told me to never hit people there but you did! Bad Daddy!" Meelo scolded. Tenzin sighed in defeat as he turned to see the other teens gathered around Mako while Lin laughed her ass off.
"Can you heal him Korra?" Silver asked as she poked him in the head gently.
"Yeah sure!" Korra smiled, covering her hand in water, "Uh wait…I'll just, um, I can't touch him there!" she yelled realising her mistake. "Can you do it Tahno?"
"No way! I'm not touching another guy down there!" Tahno said, backing away.
"What about you Silver?" Korra looked desperate now.
"Sorry Korra, if I have to touch a man down there then there's no guarantee I won't rip it off or set it on fire…"
"NO, SPIRITS NO!" Mako yelled, still hunched over in pain, "just…just give me a minute…"
Silver sighed and shouted to the judges. "Round two is on hold until Mako recovers!"
Silver laughed to herself on the inside, she had heard of a ball-crushing defeat but never a ball-crushing victory!
And there we have it!
A bit of humour and fancy fighting there. I actually drew cards to decide who would face each other and who would win, it seemed Silver was determined to face off against Korra at some point!
The little bit at the end with Mako was a bit of personal revenge, i like Korra and Asami and the show's version of Mako has him being a jerk to both of them! My Mako will not be like that if i can help it.
NEXT CHAPTER: Battle Royale Round two: The final four contestants will face of for grand prize! Who will be the victor!
I was originally going to have a chapter were the winner was King/Queen for a day but nothing i wrote felt right so it's kind of skipped. There maybe callbacks to it, so you could use those and your imagination to guess what happened!
Hope you enjoyed!
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