Elements Joined
By: DP and FK
Chapter 13
DP: Welcome to the latest chapter of EJ!
FK: EJ?
DP: Elements Joined!
FK: Whatever. Let's move on…
DP: Tally ho!
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"Shino."
"Are you sure?" Kidate yelped, taking a step back. "I mean, there are other big, firebending guys who want you dead, right?"
"It's obvious, isn't it?"
"No, not really."
"Shino tried to kill me a few days ago! Who else could it be?"
"Well, you left the Fire Nation- you most likely have a high price on your head."
"Both of you quit it!" Ame interjected. Ignoring the shocked stares (Ame was normally soft spoken, such outbursts were rare) "It doesn't matter who is trying to kill us, just the fact that they are. So shut up and pay attention." She pointed to the assassin, who was attempting to squirm away.
Kidate and Kaji nodded, and together they hoisted the assassin from his prone position on the ground, to up in a tree. Tying the man firmly by his feet, the Fire Nation hire dangled in the air helplessly. "Poetic justice." Kidate would later point out.
As soon as the fighter was secured, a silver blur erupted from the tops of the trees, and Kaze landed lightly behind Ame. The healer in turn stared at him.
"Where were you? We could have used a bit of help!" Kidate accused, pointing severely at him. Kaze gave her an innocent look.
"I was chasing those guys that you weren't able to catch." He told her sharply.
"Well, what did you learn?" Kaji asked.
"Well…I was chasing after them...and…um…they were going super fast! So, I lost them after a bit- but found them again! Then…I…lost them again?" No one looked convinced.
"Where did this all happen, again? Or, better yet, when?" Kaji's eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"Um…"
"You weren't chasing them at all, were you?" Ame sighed.
"No…I was in the trees…"
"Coward." Kaji scoffed.
"Hey! I couldn't see a damned thing. We all don't have firebending to light the way." Kaze ground back.
At this moment, the assassin tried to stand up and hop away. Kaze made a grab for the hire's shirt, but Ame stopped him. "No." She told him. "It's not worth it. Let the guy go- I don't think he's gonna report to anyone." Everyone had to agree with that statement. They man was white as a sheet- he wasn't going to anyone. Except maybe a family.
After a last glance in the assassin's assumed direction, the four warriors carried on. The forest began to thin, and light streamed in from the breaks in the trees. Still, no one said a word.
"Hey, guys? Are we almost-" Kaze began, trying to start up a conversation.
"Were almost there." Kaji mumbled, barely audible. And no more was said.
A failed conversation later, the forest trail was gone, and an earthen path led down to where giant pillars and walls of stone toward above. Smile slowly spreading across her face, Kidate turned to her comrades.
"Welcome." She said, "To Omashu." And with that, she ran forward, heading strait for the gates. "Home, here I come!"
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DP: Yes, it's short. Yes, it was crappy. But we have an excuse. I was in the ER last week- one of the reasons we didn't update- and FK had a fever of 101 (Fahrenheit) and got strep throat at the end of the week. How bloody insane is that? So…the next chapter will be better, if we can manage to not get sick.
Toodles
DP