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Azure: Finally, a battle that was requested. This fight was requested by Autistic-Grizzly, make sure to go check it out.
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Thea: Hey Bryant, can you guess what's my favorite weapon?
Bryant: The boomerang? You told me about that in the last battle.
Thea: Aw man, that's boring. Well, anyways, we got Sokka, the Southern Tribe Warrior of Team Avatar!
Bryant: And Captain Boomerang, Master of Boomerangs.
Thea: That's a bit redundant.
Bryant: I'm Bryant Reese.
Thea: And I'm Thea Price.
Bryant: And we're here to analyse these two fighters and find out who would win, a WI Battle!
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Sokka:
Bryant: Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished.
Thea: Then some random-ass kids come out of nowhere, broke a giant iceberg, found some random monk, and went around saving the world.
Bryant: Uh, well, yeah, that just about sums it up. Sokka was only a child when his tribe was attacked by the Fire Nation. His mother was killed, and his father and the rest of the Water Tribe men went to the Earth Kingdom to help against the war, leaving Sokka to defend the village as the oldest. He spent most of his time training the children of the village to be able to fight and fishing.
Thea: Then after he and his sister Katara got into a fight, his sister broke a giant iceberg with her Water Bending. Another giant iceberg popped up, and this one held Aang, the Last Airbender.
Bryant: While Sokka was suspicious of Aang at first, he eventually realized Aang's true nature as a kind-hearted pacifist. He and Katara saved Aang from the banished prince Zuko and decided to help Aang travel the world and learn the Four Elements.
Thea: Unlike the other members of the team, Sokka had no bending at all. But that didn't stop him from being useful! He was an expert at reading maps, something no one else on the team had. He was also the strategist of the team, always trying to find a way for the quickest victory. He's also pretty smart, being able to figure out a science problem that even an experienced mechanic couldn't figure out. He also learned blacksmithing, making an entire suit of armor for Appa, the flying bison.
Bryant: But Sokka didn't always sit on the sidelines. When it came down to the wire, he was more than prepared to fight back with his arsenal of weapons. The most famous of which is his signature boomerang.
Thea: He's hit a lot of people with this thing. Zuko, Azula, Combustion Man, and a bunch of Fire Nation Soldiers. He does lose it in the final battle against Ozai's army, but he gets a new one, most likely the same as his old.
Bryant: Sokka's boomerang could be a blunted weapon, but it has been shown to be able to cut through regular rope with ease. It's likely made of a form of cast iron, and Sokka can throw it with extreme accuracy. Even if an opponent dodges the first throw, the return more often than not hits the from behind.
Thea: But the boomerang isn't the only weapon he has. He also has a club which was made from the bone of a polar bear. He loses this one too, after Appa is kidnapped by Sandbenders, but he gets a new one, this one made of a whale's jaw. He also has a Jaw blade, a neat little dagger that he uses for hunting. By sticking it into the ground, he can accurately detect people nearby by putting his ear to the end of it. It's like Toph's Seismic Sense, but less precise. And as a bonus, he can use it to shave! His most useless weapon is a whale tooth spear, which is usually smashed to pieces.
Bryant: And while he doesn't use it regularly, he also carries a machete that he can use to easily cut through vines and other plants. It's even capable of cutting the cap off of a pipe. Still, the boomerang and club served to be his most used weapons, until he received his Space Sword.
Thea: This sword is made of a freakin' meteor! It's design is the same as a jian, which is a straight, double-edged Chinese sword which can cut through metal and even other weapons like nothing. And then he lost it in the battle of Sozin's Comet. Man, he just loses everything, doesn't he?
Bryant: Sokka was trained in the standard hunting techniques by his father, techniques which he incorporates into his real world battles pretty well. He was also trained in hand-to-hand combat by Suki, being capable of holding his own against her and the archer Vachir and dodging Ty Lee's attacks, though it is worth noting that she was mostly flirting with him. His most useful training, however, was when he was trained by the swordmaster Piandao, the same master who made Zuko such a skilled warrior, who's capable of taking on several Firebenders at once and even threatening his father with them. Though Sokka is nowhere near Zuko's level of skill.
Thea: Sokka is pretty good at using the environment though, chopping down bamboo trees and flinging sand to blind his opponents.
Bryant: Sokka may not be a master with his sword and hand to hand, but he is a quick learner, being able to reach the level he is in just a few days. He's held his own in the battle of the eclipse, and has demonstrated numerous impressive feats.
Thea: He's strong enough to roll a large boulder with his sister Katara, chop a crossbow in half, fling people over himself like nothing, and knock people out with his club. He's even thrown his boomerang hard enough to knock back a large animal, and knocked out that creepy owl Wan Shi Tong with just a book!
Bryant: He's been sent flying without even getting hurt, and was smashed around by a swamp monster and survived. He's also accurate enough to disarm opponents with his boomerang, even from on top of Appa.
Thea: He's pretty quick too! He's knocked darts out from midair, the same darts that can imbed themselves hard enough to pin people down. He dodged fire blasts from Azula, a sword swing from Piandao, and even knocked an arrow out of the air!
Bryant: It's likely that this archer was using a recurve bow. A typical arrow from this bow can travel 150 mph. Considering the distance between him and the archer, it's likely that Sokka can react to things in 0.03 seconds. The average human can react to things in 0.25 seconds, meaning that Sokka should be over eight times faster than the average human.
Thea: Damn! Not bad!
Bryant: But while Sokka is certainly an impressive opponent, he's not perfect. Though he's capable of holding his own alongside powerful benders, spiritual beings, and even the Avatar, who's both, he's not one of them. He's easily the most vulnerable of the group, and often relies on his teammates for help.
Thea: Still, this guy is not one to underestimate. He helped with fighting the Fire Nation Army, freeing the Earth Benders from their oceanic prison, establishing the first Metal Bending school, and even with turning the Fire Nation colonies into the first united nation, Republic City. He'll always help fight with a boomerang, and corny jokes.
(Sokka) That's called Sokka Style, learn it!
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Captain Boomerang:
Bryant: Barry Allen. Wally West. Two, powerful warriors, capable of ripping apart the universe simply by racing each other. It's natural that they would have enemies who are just as powerful as them. Like Professor Zoom, or Gorilla Grodd.
Thea: And then there's this guy. Digger Harkness. Captain Boomerang.
Bryant: Born the illegitimate son of an American soldier and an Australian woman, Harkness was raised in an Australian town called Korumburra in poverty. He learned to use and make boomerangs before being hired as a performer and boomerang promoter by a toy company which was, unbeknownst to him, owned by his biological father. It was at this time that he developed the Captain Boomerang persona that he would continue to use in his later criminal career.
Thea: But apparently he sucked balls, cause everyone laughed at him. He began using his boomerangs for crime instead, carefully manipulating the scene to frame others. But he was eventually caught by the Red Blur, Barry Allen, aka the Flash.
Bryant: But of course, Harkness eventually escaped. Before being caught again. This time however, he had caught the attention of a certain woman with a certain amount of power.
Thea: Amanda Waller. A.k.a, one of the only people to not only stand up to Batman, but even made him back off a few times. That's when you know she serious. She recruited Harkness into her new task force, called the Suicide Squad. A bunch of people that Waller can send to die. Hence the name. They served in exchange for shorter sentences, and if they mess up, BOOM! There goes their heads.
Bryant: But as he doesn't have any real superpowers, he still needed to use a large arsenal to be able to keep up with the likes of Killer Croc, Deadshot, and Bronze Tiger. He has explosive boomerangs, which obviously can blow up, collapsible boomerangs, which are Batarang knock offs, lightning boomerangs, which can move as fast as lightning, a rocket boomerang, which can go into space, and his signature razor boomerangs, which can cut through flesh and bone. He also has electric boomerangs, smoke boomerangs, and grappling hook boomerangs. He can use these boomerangs like knives, allowing him to fight in close combat.
Thea: Not bad for a circus performer.
Bryant: He's not a clown.
Thea: Not that kind at least.
Bryant: Fair enough. He possesses many great attributes to use in battle. He's skilled in martial arts, and his marksmanship has made him one of the deadliest assassins in the world. He's capable of lifting fairly large amounts of weight, fighting for large periods of time, and can take hits from Killer Croc, who can smash apart walls.
Thea: Harkness has robbed every single bank in Australia, a complete total of 98 banks. He's also survived a helicopter crash, fairly easily. He's fast enough to dodge bullets, and can dodge arrows from Green Arrow.
Bryant: Green Arrow's bow was stated to have a draw weight of 125 lbs. Which means that the arrows that Green Arrow shoots move about 338.3 ft per second. This means that Harkness can react to things in 0.05 seconds. He's been able to knock out the Flash with his Lightning Boomerang, and he's been able to nearly kill the Flash, though it was in their first encounter, where he was able to catch him off guard. He did kill another speedster named Jaculi though, thanks to his experience with the Flash. He defeated both the Enchantress and Sickle with well placed boomerangs, and managed to infiltrate the Aryan Empire. He remained with the Suicide Squad, before it was eventually disbanded, and he was let go to pursue the life of crime once again. He eventually reached out to his son, Owen Mercer, and the two bonded. When Harkness was killed, Owen ended up taking up his mantle.
Thea: And then he was reanimated as a Black Lantern, which is basically a zombie that feeds off of emotions, and killed Owen. Dick move Harkness. And I ain't talking about Greyson.
Bryant: But being a jerk is basically his identity. During his time in the Suicide Squad, he wasn't as good as his teammates, and even when they had their explosives removed, his stayed on.
Thea: Well yeah! His greed has gotten him in trouble multiple times, he blackmailed the Suicide Squad, and sexually harassed Plastique, resulting in him being embarrassed by Mindboggler. In return, he just stood there while she was killed. When Belle Reve was attacked by the Female Furies, he just hid. He's convinced other members of the Suicide Squad to get themselves killed, and was diagnosed with the mental illness of assholery.
Bryant: That's not even clever or stated in the comics, but it is accurate. Harkness was described to be "an unprincipled sociopath with little or no moral sense of right and wrong." Eventually, he was killed for good after betraying the Suicide Squad when he revealed he had cancer.
Thea: Well, at least we can praise the way he stuck to his guns. Or boomerangs, whatever.
(Harkness) It's a refined and elegant weapon which, in the hands of a master like yours truly, can lop yer bloody head off!
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Bryant: Alright, the stage is set, time to start this dance.
Thea: Battle ready, set, GO!
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A man in a leather jacket with a beanie on his head broke into a jewelry store, quickly stuffing a bag with priceless jewels.
"Republic City? More like a gold mine!" Captain Boomerang cackled as he swung the bag over his shoulder. He stepped out, only to duck with a yelp as something flew over his head, curving through the air and returning to where it was swung. A young man wearing blue clothes with his hair in a ponytail caught the metal weapon.
"Hey you! Put those back!" Sokka yelled. He took out his sword and pointed it at Captain Boomerang. "Or you're gonna have to deal with me!" Harkness blinked before laughing.
"Now listen here kid. I'll slit your throat if you try to mess with me, so just beat it." he snarked.
"Not gonna happen. Now, either them back, or put 'em up!" Sokka said as he took his stance, pointing his sword at the burglar. Harkness laughed as he took out some of his boomerangs.
"Alright then mate. Let's go!" he shouted.
Get ready for a dance!
Fight!
Sokka yelled as he charged forward, leaping into the air and swinging his sword down. Harkness quickly dodged and threw two razor boomerangs towards Sokka. He quickly blocked the blades with his sword before running forward. Harkness took out more boomerangs and threw them forward. Sokka rolled under them before throwing his own boomerang towards Harkness. The burglar dodged while Sokka turned and blocked the boomerangs coming up behind him. Sokka turned back and caught his boomerang.
"Alright, I see you can use that thing decently. But in the hands of a master like me, you really can't measure up." Harkness taunted.
"Oh really? I like to think I got the boomer-hang of it." Sokka punned. Harkness deadpanned.
"...Really?"
"Don't judge me." Sokka said as he charged forward again. He slashed at Harkness with his sword, causing the man to dodge. Harkness spun two more boomerangs into his hands and gripped them as knives. He swung them towards Sokka, who fell back with a yelp. Sokka swung his sword at Harkness who leapt back. The two continued to swing at each other, attacking and dodging before jumping back. Harkness grunted.
"Alright, let's see you deal with these!" he said. He took out his explosive boomerangs and hurled them at Sokka. Sokka ducked under the boomerangs, which exploded on the streets behind him. Sokka whirled to stare at the holes behind him.
"Okay, that's dangerous." Sokka ran down the alleyway nearby. Harkness stared after him, before picking up his bag of jewels and beginning to run away.
"Hey!" Sokka yelled as he ran back and hurled his boomerang at Harkness's head. It smacked his head, causing him to stumble as the boomerang went back to Sokka.
"Hey! What's the idea?! You were the one running away!"
"It's called luring! You were supposed to chase me!"
"Why would I do that?! I'm supposed to be a robber!"
"Good point!" Sokka yelled as he threw his boomerang again. Harkness dodged, but had to jump back as Sokka rushed up to him and slashed upwards, nearly cutting his chin in half.
"Hey! You almost cut my goatee off!"
"Good! You need to shave!" Sokka yelled as he waved his sword at Harkness in a taunting way. Harkness opened his mouth to yell again, only to get smacked over the head by the returning boomerang. He stumbled forward, leaning back again as Sokka slashed him again. Harkness took out a sharp boomerang and sliced back at Sokka. Sokka dodged back and stabbed towards Harkness with his sword. Harkness jumped back out of range and threw another boomerang, this time knocking the sword out of Sokka's hands. Sokka went to pick it up, before jumping back again as Harkness attacked with another boomerang in his hand. Harkness threw another explosive boomerang, which Sokka managed to dodge. He took out his boomerang and threw it at Harkness. Harkness quickly threw two boomerangs, which knocked Sokka's out of mid-air. Harkness took out a smoke boomerang and threw it towards Sokka's feet creating a big cloud of smoke. Sokka coughed as he took out his club and swung it around violently, clearing the smoke out. He looked up and yelled in shock. Harkness was gone. Sokka quickly looked around and spotted the thief pulling himself up on a grappling boomerang. Sokka growled as he grabbed his boomerang and hurled it. It shot through the air and cut the rope, making Harkness scream as he fell. He got up and growled as Sokka caught his boomerang.
"Alright mate. You wanna fight?! Let's do it!" he yelled as he took out a boomerang and threw it. Sokka knocked it out of the air with his club.
"Bout time you decided to man up!" Sokka yelled. He ran forward as Harkness did as well. Harkness slashed towards Sokka with the boomerang as Sokka swung back with his club. The two clashed, struggling to overpower each other before Sokka moved to the side and smacked Harkness with his club again. Harkness slashed violently towards Sokka, cutting him across the face. Sokka blocked the next slash with his club and kicked Harkness back. The two jump back. Harkness took out several razor boomerangs and threw them. Sokka took out his machete and deflected the boomerangs. Harkness clicked his tongue and took out a lightning boomerang, turning it in his fingers.
"Try and dodge this!" Harkness yelled as he threw it. The boomerang shot straight towards Sokka, knocking the Water Tribe Warrior off his feet with the high speed boomerang. Sokka got up and grabbed his hunter's knife, throwing it at Harkness before charging forward. Harkness dodged the knife before getting slugged in the chin by the club. Sokka smacked Harkness over the head again. Harkness shoved him with his shoulder before slashing Sokka across the chest, making him bleed. Harkness shoved Sokka back with his shoulder and kicked him in the stomach, sending Sokka rolling back. Sokka got back up, holding his club at the ready. Harkness took out another boomerang, throwing it.
"You stupid? All I gotta do is-" Sokka scoffed as he knocked the boomerang out of the air. Or he would've, if the boomerang didn't electrocute Sokka, causing him to shriek and convulse as the volts traveled across his body. Harkness took out another explosive boomerang.
"Good night wanker." he said as he threw it towards Sokka. The explosion sent Sokka flying before he skidded across the ground.
KO!
Bleeding, Sokka panted as he laid on the ground. Harkness took out a razor boomerang, holding it at the ready.
"Still alive? Good. I can savor this!" Harkness said as he walked up to Sokka with the intent to cut his throat. A rumbling interrupted him. He looked around, confused. He swore as a hole opened up right below him, closing as he was half way down, pinning his arms to his sides.
"Sokka!" Katara said in concern as she ran over to Sokka, water gathering in her hands. Toph and Aang ran up to Harkness, pointing their fists at the thief. He looked behind him to see Zuko and Suki holding their weapons towards Harkness. Harkness groaned.
"Aw crap."
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Thea: He won the battle, but lost the war.
Bryant: Sokka may have been smarter than Harkness, and they had similar levels of durability, but he didn't quite manage to keep up with the thief in anything else.
Thea: Sokka's done a lot, and has a pretty high amount of experience. But Harkness's own experience alongside the Suicide Squad managed to keep up. Not to mention, their speed.
Bryant: Now, Sokka has been able to fight alongside Aang and Zuko, who could both react to lightning speeds. But that doesn't mean that he can perform the same feat, as both have proven to be faster than Sokka.
Thea: Meanwhile, Harkness is able to take on the Flash. Now, keep in mind, that while the Flash is obviously many, many, many times faster than Harkness, the fact that he could take him on, even though the Flash can casually move fast enough to travel across cities, means that Harkness was still faster than Sokka. But what really was the nail in Sokka's coffin was the difference in arsenal.
Bryant: Sokka didn't really have anything in his gear that could keep up with Harkness's own. Harkness's larger variety of boomerangs meant that he had more options to fight with. Sokka's was much more limited compared to Captain Boomerangs. He may have had the edge in close ranged combat thanks to his sword and club in terms of weapons, but he wasn't as well trained with his sword as he is with his Water Tribe weapons. Not to mention, Harkness was better in hand-to-hand combat. And Harkness had better options for fighting at a distance thanks to having a bunch of different ways of taking Sokka out.
Thea: Sokka was outclassed in arsenal, hand-to-hand and speed. Sure, he was smarter, but that won't always win you the fight, especially since Harkness wasn't an idiot, and Sokka's attempt of controlling the fight went down the drain since Captain Boomerang just ran away from anything he tried. Looks like Sokka just got boomeranged!
Bryant: That's not even a pun!
Thea: The winner of this WIB Battle is Captain Boomerang!
And there we have it. Chapter 9 of What If Battles. This was, once again, requested by Autistic-Grizzly. Again, make sure to check 'em out. If you want to request a fight, just leave the matchup in a review or a PM. Any one of the 3 people who read this. As per the usual, leave a review! Azure out!
Three pokeballs roll across the floor. One by one, they open, creating a bright flash of light. When the light dissipated, three pokemon were standing. A green dinosaur with flower petals around its neck, a large green and yellow badger, and a bipedal blue and red crocodile, stood, facing each other, ready for a fight.
POKEMON BATTLE ROYALE! VERSION 2!
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