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The First Avatar: Legend of the Star
Book 2: Sun
Chapter 11: Rematch! Kyora VS Kirok!
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19th Day of Summer 191ACS
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Team Avatar, the Kamis, Kye and Mikuru all sat at the top of the beach, looking down towards the ocean where Kirok and Kyora were standing, ready to face off. With all the water and sand in the area, both had a good advantage but Kirok had the extra advantage of knowing Kyora wasn't going to try attacking him.
The young waterbender made the first move, quickly lashing at Kyora with a pair of water whips. Kyora dodged and froze the water in blue flames. Unlike ice, things frozen in Blue flames don't appear to be frozen at all, they instead remain on fire but completely unable to move, with the blue fire acting more like a cooling and paralyzing flame than a freezing one. With the two water whips frozen, Kirok couldn't use them, so he bent a large wave and sent it crashing down on top of the young Avatar. When the wave flowed back into the sea, the spot Kyora had been standing in was occupied by a large metal dome.
"This is the power of Susanoo at work. The ability to instantly change earth into metal is a power that she gained from Terra. Being their younger sister, she is the only one to be blessed with the ultimate power of all four elements." Kona said as he watched Kirok try and slash his way into the iron shell.
"That's why she can use the Seven Colour Sun flames. It's the ultimate firebending power of Amaterasu. Metal creation is the ultimate Earthbending talent of Terra…that means she still has two more ultimate talents that she hasn't showcased." Kye added. Kye and Kona knew each other quite well, enough to have mutual respect and mutual wariness.
Suddenly, a golem made of iron came roaring out of the sea bed behind Kirok and tried to grab the boy. Based on the excellent craftsmanship of the golem, it was clear Kyora had been careful to make it look good. When the golem opened its mouth, Kyora poked her head out of it with a big grin and spat a blue fireball at Kirok. The boy was able to dodge, but was ultimately unable to completely avoid it, as some of the flames licked at his heels, causing his foot to be frozen.
"Damn! I can't move my foot." He growled. Since Kyora was inside the golem, Kirok decided to knock it over with a heavy wave before using a water whip to grab her by the waist and toss her out. The golem turned from iron to sand and disintegrated into the sea just as Kyora was about to land with a thump on the beach. At the last second, she used her earthbending to pass through the sand, using Bolin's Sand Phase technique. Kirok was now at a disadvantage as he couldn't see or sense her, but she could see him with seismic sense. Taking the initiative, he created a water tornado to hoist him above the ground, out of Kyora's immediate reach. Kyora popped her head out of the ground and pouted when she saw Kirok was too high for her to reach without attacking him with an offensive ability, so she instead used blue flames to freeze the tornado's base and the water around it. The water did nothing to extinguish the flames and even the flames on Kirok's foot were still there, limiting how quickly he could move.
As he came crashing down into the sea, Kirok barely had time to create a water shield to block more of the freezing flames, allowing him to land in relative safety. He then bent the shield into the form of several ice needles and launched them at Kyora, who blocked them with a pink fire shield. Kirok was panting at this point, but Kyora was almost exhausted after using so many draining moves one after the other. With the last of her strength, she lit herself on fire with orange flames, slowly refilling her stamina reserves.
Kirok frowned, as long as Kyora had those Orange flames, she could fight for hours, only falling when her mind couldn't take the strain anymore. Deciding to take a more aggressive route, Kirok sent water blade after water blade at the girl, in hopes that they'd drain her energy when she tried to block them. Kyora was clever though, so she used Green Flames to vanish from their plane of existence, preventing anything from effecting. Kirok growled in frustration as he realised he couldn't attack her or see her but she could still affect him.
This proved to be a minor advantage however, as while the world could not affect Kyora, she could affect it, and her foot prints in the sand were testimony to this. Since Kirok could no longer attack directly, he instead surrounded Kyora with a water dome and then froze it to stop her escaping. Kyora frowned that her plan hadn't worked how she wanted and dismissed the green flames. Since Kirok couldn't see into the dome, he would assume she had borrowed underground to escape the dome, this gave her the perfect excuse to stay inside it and regenerate the rest of her stamina. After a few minutes, she shattered the dome with sand spikes and created a pair of earth golems by solidifying sand. The two golems kept Kirok distracted until Kyora could use her bending to grip the blue flames that still gripped his foot and spread them until all but his head was frozen in place.
"Damn it!" Kirok grunted as he tried to move his body. "I guess I have no choice…I surrender." He said, bowing his head in defeat. Kyora smiled and released Kirok before dismissing her golems and falling on to her backside with exhaustion.
"That was a fun fight!" Kyora said, panting heavily. Team Avatar and the others cheered and applauded both children as they returned to their parents, Kirok helping Kyora stagger over to Jinora.
"That was very good Kyora, but I told you no straining yourself." Jinora said, scolding the girl softly.
"I'm sorry Mama" Kyora said, before her tired mind took over and put her to sleep. Team Avatar laughed and went back to spending their day playing on the beach. Kyora slept through the rest of the morning and ended up missing Lunch, so Jinora promised her she could pig out at the barbeque they were having that night. As the children returned to playing, Taza approached Mikuru and asked for a quiet word.
"What is it?" Mikuru asked curiously after Taza had led her away from the others.
"Korra tells me you have an interest in the Valkyries. I wanted to know if you had any inquiries." Taza said professionally. She was always acting professional, even when it wasn't necessary. Even now in a swim suit she looked ready to march off to war!
"Did she also tell you my secret?" Mikuru asked worriedly. Taza nodded.
"I am aware that you are a firebender. I don't care if you want to keep it secret, that's none of my business. The Valkyries take anyone. Even men are allowed to join, though most are too prideful to have mostly women above them in rank." Taza said.
"Hehe I know Jallar would! He is a massive muscle head. Hates when a girl wants to be in charge." Mikuru chuckled, imagining her would be fiancé kneeling before Taza.
"Well, our organisation was founded to protect the Avatar after the failure of the White Lotus. We still value the last generation of True White Lotus, which is why we continue their work. Iroh, Bumi and Pakku are frequently spoken off with great honour in our training sessions." Taza informed her. "The last male Avatar was Avatar Aang…if you don't include Tensa and Will and neither of those two will have anything to do with us."
Mikuru nodded, "I notice Will keeps a close eye on you. Anytime you get up or walk somewhere, he watches you. at first I thought he liked you!"
"No, he just doesn't trust me. A few years back, one of our older lieutenants, the one I served under in my days as a recruit was sent to try and get Will to agree to work with us after we failed to convince Silver and Korra. That woman was very proud of her zero failure record, but a few of us disliked her threatening methods. After Will refused all her offers, she threatened to take Ophi away if he didn't comply, and even pointed her sword at the kid. Will killed her without a second thought and hasn't trusted us since." Taza said with a sigh.
"Will is scary…" Mikuru muttered, flashing the man a sly look. Will pretended not to notice.
"What about Tensa though?" the young Sato asked.
"He attacked anyone that came near him. He only allowed Team Avatar and fellow Kamis near him. Having him as part of the World Council is a small miracle, or curse depending on how you view him. He's an extremist but hasn't done anything too bad since he was defeated by Silver centuries ago." Taza said, looking up to see Tensa sitting on the cliffs again, watching the playing Team Avatar.
Both Will and Tensa had been known as Dark Avatars because of what they'd done in the past, but neither had been truly evil. They had just been twisted to the point where their goals were good but their methods were inexcusable. Still, they held honour and refused to fight children or take the lives of good people.
After Taza and Mikuru finished their conversation, they witnessed a rather amusing scene of Virgo, Jinora and Mako scolding Kyora and Asami for sneaking off to charge more crystals when Kyora wasn't fully recovered yet. All five of them ended up laughing themselves silly when a snoozing Kirok demanded flapjacks before rolling over rather unceremoniously.
It was an odd thing that Team Avatar had…with so many members, they would often fight, argue, play and generally have fun, but they could easily adapt to any new situation, whether that be an enemy attack, or even just a couple of the kids getting too in to a fight. It was a very family-like setting that warmed all those who became part of it, even if they weren't members. Libra and Zaia chatted happily, Kye watched Joewe and Regulus have an arm wrestling contest in which both children cheated shamelessly and even Tensa seemed to be somewhat at ease.
And so, as the stars began to come out and the barbecue was prepared for dinner on the beach, the Starry Skies Festival began.
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Avatar Trivia:
Book 2 Chapter 11
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This was a light-hearted and just for fun chapter. I felt like I needed a break from all the drama and war.
Mikuru will become a Valkyrie in this story, but she may not be what you expect.
Kirok's favourite food is Flapjacks. He hates most traditional Water Tribe food.
Maruka is one of those children who were spoiled rotten, but still managed to retain the good parts of her personality. Likely because Korra and Bolin are very nice, but not ones to tolerate brattiness. So we get a sweet and spoiled little princess who also kicks butt!
Maka is currently the number one choice for Romance with Kyo. Kirok is second and Yanos is third. Maka has never left the top spot.
A little shorter than usual, but still enjoyable i hope!
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