The Fire Nation Capital was bustling with activity as vendors and stands are selling different and exotic products, children going into schools, and a platoon of soldiers are walking towards the Palace of the Fire Lord himself. A guard stood outside of the Palace gates as the squad of soldiers stopped their walk and their leader approached the guard.

"General Rao,"The guard began, his demeanor calm yet unnerved," he Fire Lord is waiting for you and your troops at his throne room."

The man, General Rao, nods as he and his men enter the Palace of the Fire Lord and head towards the throne room, where the Fire Lord himself is sitting down on his throne awaiting for their arrival.

"Our Lord,"General Rao said, before he and his men bowed before the Fire Lord rather than risk his wrath.

"Oh, Rao,"Fire Lord Ozai said, his voice cold and harsh.

"My lord, we are but your humble servants,"Rao said, his head low and his eyes down, not daring to make eye contact with the Fire Lord.

Ozai then nods,"The task, has it been dealt with?"

"Yes, my lord. The so-called resistance from a far-away land has been extinguished. Every, last one of them is dead."Rao said and Ozai stood up from his throne with a mad glint.

"Good, let their bodies be buried so deep where they won't be found or missed by their family and friends,"Ozai said. His attention was then turned to a boy, who was wearing a simple black and silver clad armor with a silver helmet that cover his entire head with a sickle sticking behind his back.

"Hm, and who is that boy?"

General Rao turned around at who Ozai was speaking of,"My lord, this is our newest recruit, Renzo Hisashi, he was with us during the whole mission and he destroyed the remnants of the rebellion."

The Fire Lord's interest sparked,"Is he good?"

"Very, my lord. He has proven quite capable in combat and has the ability of a one-man army,"General Rao added and he grew nervous,"However...he has...a unique bending technique that we have never seen, my lord."

Ozai then turned to look at Rao,which made the general more nervous,"Oh? Go on."

"He has the ability to manipulate both the dark and the shadows to his will. He calls it Shadowbending, my lord."Rao finished and the Fire Lord was silent for a moment.

A new bending technique? If this boy says what he truly is, then he's our hope of winning this war for good.

"You are dismissed,"Ozai turned to face the squad,"Except for you, Rao,"He then looks at the boy,"And you."

The squad then nodded and walked out of the throne room with the exception of their leader and the new recruit. Ozai then approached Rao, who circled him for a moment.

"Tell me, General, why does the boy cower behind a helmet even though he's that good?"

"My Lord, the boy hasn't shown a single emotion. Not a single remorse for the actions he has commuted to the rebel groups. He has exceptionally mastered the so-called Shadowbending. He killed an entire platoon of rebels all by himself. We are currently unaware of his true origin or where he truly came from. That is all, sir."General Rao concluded.

Ozai then took his seat back on the throne,"If what you say about this boy is true, I want to see a demonstration of his skills."

General Rao then grinned, "You will not be dissapointed, my Lord."

He then turns to Renzo, who was still bowing,"Renzo!"

Renzo then stood and his eyes showed no emotion at all,"Yes, commander?"

"You are going to show the Fire Lord himself your skills and capabilities, is that understood?"Rao said with a bit of coldness in his voice.

"I await your command, sir."Renzo said with an emotionless voice and Ozai just stared at the boy with continued interest.

A gong was heard ringing as the arena of the Fire Nation was filled with an audience and a crowd with looks of expectation for the fight they were all going to witness.

"Loyal and faithful people of the Fire Nation! It is with great pride and honor for all of you o witness this fight! Here, we have Princess Azula of the Fire Nation, daughter of our great Fire Lord Ozai!"

The crowd cheered loudly as Azula made a flame come out of her hand and fired it in the air, and the crowd goes wild!

"And now, for our newcomer, he has unspeakable power. He has come from the infamous Black Dragon Squad! Welcome Renzo Hisashi of the Black Dragon!"

Several wormholes appear as Renzo appears from wormhole after the other and landing on the arena floor and the crowd gasps in awe at the sight of the new combatant.

Azula smirked, I'll easily beat this punk and make sure no one will miss nor mourn his charred corpse.

"Do not expect mercy from me."Azula said, her voice full of distaste and overconfidence.

"I expect incompetence,"Renzo said, grabbing the sickle behind his back and holding the handle tightly.

Azula's eyes twitched and her blood boiled,"You will burn, you peasant."

"Begin!"

As soon as those words came out of the announcer's mouth, Azula quickly launched a fireball out of her hands and Renzo teleported into one of his wormholes. He then appeared beneath Azula and jumped out, but not before grabbing her and slamming her on the arena floor.

"Damn."She silently muttered. She launched a flaming kick at Renzo, who just threw his sickle behind her and teleported to it's last location before kicking her behind.

He was fast, agile and no coward. And what appears to be a shadow clone appeared behind Renzo and lifted him up in the air... And he had the nerve to taunt her!

"We will take you...to a dark place!"

Azula gritted her teeth as she launched more fireballs at the boy which he luckily dodged in time. He then teleported and uppercutted her.

I'm gonna enjoy burning your corpse!

To say, this boy was below her, was a REAL understatement. She had been battling him for half an hour, whenever she attacked he easily dodged her attacks, and he'd counter-attack her in force, and those sickle was sharp. A few cuts already adorned her skin, a few burns on his cloak and body were also evident. She could also see her father, taking great interest in this.

"I expected better, Princess."

You'll regret that... Alas, you won't live long enough to work that out...

She took a neutral stance, clearing her head and mind of distractions, feeling the energies separate, creating lightning.

"Bye," she replied, sending the bolt towards him.

Yet what he did next, shocked even her, Azula. Instead of dodging the lightning, he jumped forward, throwing he teleported in mid-air at the lightning. She could even see him smirking mid-air, as her lightning was blasted into a wormhole.

"How-," she managed to say before he landed into a single hand-stand, and struck right at her with his sickle. She managed a quick blast, yet he was aiming for her legs. A fast back-leg sweep, and Azula found herself in the air, time slowed, as she could the shock beginning to form on the guests faces, then she landed on the floor with ten blades at her face.

She could also finally see her opponent face-to-face, the boy had deadly beautiful green eyes and short length black hair and a charming, yet dangerous emmanating, striking face.

"Yield?" he asked, smirking at her with a shit-eating grin, yet she would have the last laugh.

"You didn't win,"she replied calmly, gesturing at the convinient hand near his chest, ready to send fire right into his gut.

"I think a blind eye, is worse than a stomach burn," he replied, re-drawing his sickle behind his back, before helping her up.

"Excellent fight, Princess," he sayed, giving a bow, as she noticed the sickle's tip was at pointing at the chest.

"You weren't so lame yourself," replied Azula in-kind, dusting herself off. "May I have your name...challenger?"

"You may call me Renzo Hisashi. But call me Renzo, Princess Azula."