Kyoshi Warriors Part 2

Yay, I've uploaded part 2! The day after I uploaded part 1! Record timing!

To be honest, I don't have anything to say. Except: remember that Zuko doesn't appear much in this episode, except for when he attacks Kyoshi.

Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar The Last Airbender, or any of its characters. I only own Tora and her mom, and the idea for this story. If I did own Avatar, I would either make Tora a real character, or have the canon couples be Zuko/Katara, Toph/Aang, Suki/Sokka, Mai/Jet (Jet wouldn't die if I owned it) or Ty Lee/Jet. I would also have Bolin/Korra in the Korra series, or Mako/Korra, Iroh 2/Asami, and Bolin/Kyoshi Warrior girl. (I would have Kyoshi Warriors in it.)

Edit: New version! Changes in the chapter. Some of them are subtle, but they're there.

I walked through the streets of Kyoshi. Quite a few people glared at me, but I continued on my way, ignoring them completely. I noticed Sokka leaning against a tree outside of a dojo, so I joined him.

"What are you pouting about now?" I asked him.

He didn't answer, but he started muttering about "girls". Then he straightened and stood up, walking toward the dojo. I didn't have anything better to do, so I followed him.

Inside the dojo, the girls were practicing with their fans. It looked kind of cool.

"Sorry ladies." Sokka said, sounding sort of arrogant. "I wasn't trying to interrupt your dance lesson. I was just looking for a place a warrior could train?"

"Well, this is the place." Suki, the leader, said. "I'm sorry for yesterday. I didn't realize you two were friends with the Avatar." She added sincerely.

"It's fine." I said, lifting a hand and smiling. The warrior who obviously didn't like me, as I had come to calling her, glared, but I just ignored her.

"Yeah, normally, I would hold a grudge, but seeing as you're all girls, I'd be happy to make an exception."

"I should hope so." Suki said sarcastically. "A big, strong, man like you? We wouldn't stand a chance."

"True." Sokka said, and I rolled my eyes. "But don't feel bad. After all, I'm the best warrior in my village."

"Yeah, best male warrior." I said, rolling my eyes again. "And that's only because-"

Sokka cut me off with a glare.

"So, who is the best warrior in your whole village?" The warrior who didn't like me asked snootily.

"I am." Both Sokka and I said at the same time. We glared at each other.

"In your dreams." Sokka snapped.

"More like in your dreams." I retorted.

"I'm the best."

"Then prove it." Suki said, looking amused.

"What do you mean?" Sokka asked, turning to her.

"I mean, fight me. Show us a few moves."

"Oh, um…"

Suki turned to the other girls. "Come on, girls. Wouldn't you like him to show us a few moves?"

All the girls giggled and nodded, showing they wanted him to fight Suki.

"Well, if that's what you want, I'd be happy too." He placed his hands on Suki's shoulders. "All right, you stand over here." He tried to move her, but she didn't budge. Sokka didn't seem to notice or care. "This may be a little hard, but you try to block me, okay?" Suki didn't respond.

Sokka threw a punch, and Suki calmly blocked him by hitting his shoulder with her fan. She didn't even look like she was trying.

Sokka rubbed his shoulder. "I was going easy on you."

"Of course." Both Suki and I said at the same time. She shot me a smirk, and I returned it.

"Let's see if you can handle this!" Sokka yelled. He lunged at Suki, who caught him in the back of his leg and tossed him back towards the door, forcing him on his butt.

"That does it!" He yelled, lunging at her again. Suki grabbed his arm, spun him in circles a few times, tied his arm to his leg with his belt, and threw him to the floor.

"Any other moves you wanted to show us?" Suki said smugly, unfolding her fan and fanning herself while all the girls and I laughed when Sokka blushed.

I smiled as I helped Sokka untie himself. He got up angrily and stomped out of the dojo, leaving us laughing.

"So, what do you want?" Suki asked, turning to me.

"Well, I was bored, and I followed him in here to see if anything interesting was going on. Seeing you kick his butt again was a bonus." I said shrugging. She smiled, and I noticed the other girls snigger a little. "But, seriously, I wanted to see if any of you would spar with me."

"What?" one of them asked in confusion.

"I want to spar with one of you. I'm good with a sword. I want to see if any of you are as good as I am." I said, not caring if I sounded arrogant. I had trained with my dad ever since I could walk. Naturally, I would be arrogant about this little fact.

"Alright, but you have to follow all our traditions." Suki said, sounding like she couldn't wait to see me get my butt kicked like Sokka. "You have to wear our clothing."

"Alright."

"Girls, suit her up!" Suki ordered. Two girls came out of the bunch, looking uncomfortable, but did so anyway.

"My names Hana." One of them said, obviously trying to be nice. I liked her for that.

"Nice to meet you." I said. The other one didn't say anything, just started digging through a chest of spare uniforms. She emerged a second later holding the dark green shirt and skirt. The nameless one handed it to me without a word, and Hana dragged me over to a corner in the room. I pulled off my blue tunic and my white shirt, and pulled the green shirt over my head. Hana helped me out with the skirt. She then helped me with the armour and tied a green sash around my waist. She poked her head into a cabinet that had shelves of headdresses and black boots. While she did this, I pulled my hair back into a Fire Nation top knot with bangs coming down from either side.

Hana emerged from the cabinet with a pair of black boots in her hands, and she tossed them to me. They were too big, so she found another pair. Hana then pulled out a green headdress with gold strings coming from the sides. I took it from her and placed it against my forehead, and Hana showed me how to tie it on so it wouldn't fall off.

"Now sit." She ordered, forcing me onto my knees in a kneeling position. She pulled out two jars and a brush. She stuck the tip of the brush into one of the jars and started painting my face. Soon it was over, and she placed two metal fans in my hands.

"Now you look just like us." Suki said.

"Yup!" I said.

"Now let's see how well you do against Anyang, our best swordswoman." The girl who obviously didn't like me stepped forward with a sword in her hands. She glared at me, and I glared back.

Hana placed a sword in my hands, and the girls backed away to give us space.

"Any rules?" I asked Anyang.

"No rules." Anyang said, sneering.

We both were still for a moment, before Anyang lunged forward, slashing at me four times. Once at my ankles, once at my waist, once at my neck, and once at my legs. I blocked all her attacks easily, and stabbed at her head. She turned her head just in time (unfortunately). She made the same movement at me, and I slid to the left, leaping behind her. She spun around, and I swung my sword at her legs. She jumped up, then lunged at me, and I deflected her blade, our swords scraping against each other. Then I used the butt of my sword and shoved her to the ground. She sat there blinking for a second, before scrambling to her feet and continuing the fight.

She swung her blade at my neck, almost decapitating me, and I dropped to the floor, swinging my legs in a firebending motion and knocked her over again.

She got to her feet, me still on the floor, and brought her sword down, and I rolled out of the way just in time. I got to my feet, and we circled each other for a moment, before I swung my sword toward her, and she met it with her own. I ducked, and as soon as I got straight again, she started fighting me in a way that pushed us both out the door. I saw the Kyoshi Warriors running after us.

Anyang jumped to a tree branch that was a few feet off the ground, and jabbed forward at my neck. I turned sideways and hit her sword with my own. She jumped down from the branch and landed in a crouching position before charging again. Our swords met, and because we were forcing them against each other, neither of us could escape. As we both struggled for control, we started walking off to the side, and eventually into the middle of the village. Several people stopped what they were doing and stared at us.

"Why don't you just firebend at me already?" She hissed.

"Because I want to win this fight fairly." I replied, before dropping my sword down and stepping to the side quickly, making her stumble forward a bit. I kicked her in the back of the knee, forcing her down. She turned her head to face me, and pulled out a fan and threw it at me furiously. I dodged it, giving her enough time to get up and stab her sword at me.

Surprising everyone, especially myself, I suddenly flipped over the sword. The only damage Anyang's sword did to me was that she accidentally caught my skirt and tore it. Because of her momentum, Anyang still lunged forward, and her sword got stuck in a post holding up the roof of a houses patio. As she struggled to pull it out, I brushed a stray hair out of my face and waited. When she finally got it out, she spun around and swung the sword at me.

"You're so predictable!" I told her. "Do something you wouldn't normally do!"

"Tora, what are you doing?" I heard Katara yell at me from the side.

"Giving this girl a lesson." I yelled back. I swung my sword toward her, and she leaned back so far I wondered if her spine would snap. But she didn't lean back far enough, and my sword cut off an inch of her hair that had fallen from her ponytail. She straightened up, and charged toward me with her sword directed at me. I stepped out of the way before she could strike me. Then when she did it again, I waited until her sword was directly in front of my chest, and I swung my sword up, and knocked the blade out of her hand. It flew into the air, and when it fell back down, I caught it calmly in one hand, and pointed it at Anyang's chest.

The whole village was silent. The girl had her hands raised in defeat and was visibly shaking. I lowered the sword, handed it back to her, and bowed Fire Nation style. (One fist in my other hand and bowing only slightly.) She stared at me for a second, before finally bowing back. Then when we both straightened, she actually smiled at me.

"That was one of the best fights of my life. I'm honored to lose to you." She said. She, surprisingly, stuck her hand out. I took it, and we shook hands. "We got off on the wrong foot. Can we start over?"

"Sure. My name's Tora." I said, smiling back.

"I'm Anyang."

The villagers kept staring at us in shock, until Suki came forward and said, "Don't you have something better to do?" Then they went back to whatever they had been doing before. Suki turned back to me. "That was amazing! Where did you learn to fight like that?"

"I trained with my dad ever since I could walk. He's the best swordsman in the whole Fire Nation." I said, shrugging. It wasn't completely a lie. Even if my dad wasn't Fire Nation, he's the best swordsman there.

Suki grinned at me. "Would you like to come back tomorrow for more training?"

I smiled again. "I would be honored."

This chapter is over. If the sword fight sounded lame, or was too long, then I'm sorry, but it sounded cooler in my head. And it needed to be long, because that's just how I do it.

If you're starting to think that Tora's a mary sue because she's that amazing at sword fighting, let me remind you that her dad is Piandao of the Fire Nation, "The greatest sword master and sword maker in Fire Nation history." In my opinion, if he had a kid, he would train them as soon as they could walk, or hold a sword, whichever came first.

Edit: So, how'd you all like this version? Personally, I liked it a little bit better than the old version, and I'm not just saying that because the old version could help in getting my story deleted.

Also, you guys – don't worry. If this story is deleted (and I'm working hard to make sure it isn't) I'll change some things around and repost it. So don't you guys worry, alright?

So my plan is to work on a chapter a day. First I'll work on this story, and then I'll move onto my other stories – but I'm going to work on working on both stories very fast.