Hey, Sokka's Fan-Lawyer here! While I did say that I was going to pass this onto someone else, the only person that responded told me to go ahead as they rewatched the anime…so here I am.
For the record, most of this story may not seem accurate or the characters seem OOC, mostly because I do not know the series or its characters that well (I've read maybe to chapters). Do not hesitate to correct me or let me know!
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing.
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First Confrontation
Hakoda Gyatso sat in one of the many leather office chairs that filled the circular room; the rest having already been filled by fellow delegates from various police forces from around the world. Accompanying him was his deputy, Bato, as they were sent to represent the Earth Kingdom Nation Police Force of Ba Sing Se at this emergency conference. For it was an emergency, on scales completely unseen before. Hakoda could only just comprehend what was still being said from the spokesperson of the council after hearing the blow of over a hundred people all killed in the same mysterious manner…all heart attacks without any cause.
What was odd was that, as one of the representatives said earlier, the victims were all either convicted criminals or suspected criminals, which only confused things more, since this…Avatar of the gods as people had come to refer to the killer as, was becoming popular with the people with web sites and such springing up all over the place.
The spokesman suddenly began to speak, catching everyone's attention, "Well, I guess we have no choice…we'll have to contact S." Several people gasped while others immediately began to whisper among themselves. Bato looked quizzing at Hakoda.
"Who's this S?" He asked.
"Ah, that's right. This is your first time attending, isn't it? Well, S is…basically, a detective that has handled many an impossible case in the past. When we come across a case that we can't handle on our own, we call him. No one knows who he really is or what he looks like…very rarely do we even hear from his contact, who also has never met him face to face. He's our last resort. However, he only takes cases that interest him, so it's not always a sure thing that we will receive his help." Satisfied, Hakoda began to put his attention back on the spokesman, but overheard a conversation going on behind him
"What did you say?!" hissed one man quietly to his friend next to him.
"I'm just saying, should we go to such lengths to catch him? I'm thinking that we shouldn't even try to catch Avatar, I mean, he's only killing criminals, most of who were on death row anyway…." Hakoda heard from a man sitting behind him. The almost forty year old man turned around and glared at the perpetrator.
"Don't say another word or I'll have your ass fired." He scowled. "No matter what cause, no man should be praised for committing murder, much less mass murder of these proportions!"
"Amen to that!" agreed a cloaked man, who was just entering the room. Immediately, every middle aged man (and woman) in the room turned towards the newcomer. Although, through the stiff, high collared, leather coat, with a fedora casting a shadow on his face, and leather gloves hid his physical features, there was enough to tell that he was male. "No one should be allowed to kill people, especially in such a manner!"
"Piandao! What are you doing here?" Asked the spokesman as Piandao walked to the center of the room while pulling a laptop from his coat and setting it up.
"I've come to tell you that S is already on this case!" The room hushed into silence.
"He…is?" The man nodded.
"Yes, he's already begun to work on it as we speak and has asked me to bring him here." There were excited whispers, the owners of said whispers had their hopes crushed by his next sentence, "Not in person of course; he will contact you via this laptop." He gestured to the device, which had been all set up by then and had a highly detailed and fancily written S on the blank screen.
"Thank you Piandao." Came a light voice from the microphone that was next to the laptop. Hakoda could feel everyone in the room tense at the sound of it. "Hello everyone, this is S. I'm afraid to say that this is by far the most dangerous and complicated case in my experience…these mass murders…are absolutely unforgivable!" Everyone could hear some slight anger underneath those words; even Piandao was taken back. But S pressed on, "In order to solve it, I've come to ask for your full cooperation…"
Everyone in the room physically leaned forward to hear what S had planned.
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Aang Gyatso couldn't stop grinning as he came up the stairs and into his room. Even Koh noticed a difference in the boy's mood. "Something happen?" He asked confused.
Aang grinned again and tossed Koh an apple, which he quickly devoured. While he ate, the teenaged genius sat down in his computer chair and turned on his TV. "It's just that, people are beginning to get the message, you know? You should have heard these kids I was walking home with, praising Avatar as if he was some kind of god of justice …which, I suppose he is, in his way. People are grateful for what I do, you know?" Koh could only just stare at the boy as he watched the TV eagerly, a grin still on his face…which fell when he saw something on the TV.
His eyes widened slightly and he turned up the volume, "Now then, a report from the WWPF conference concerning the Avatar killings; bear in mind that this is being broadcast globally." The camera shifted to a man with long black hair and a suit with a serious expression on his face with the name plate "Sam Sentius Smith". He began to speak, "My name is Sam Sentius Smith, widely known as "S", a detective of rather high caliber if I do say so myself. The WWPF has enlisted me to assist in the capture of the malicious Avatar, whose mass killings I refuse to allow go unpunished. Here me Avatar! I will find you and bring you down!"
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"So that's S?" Bato asked Hakoda. Hakoda only shrugged.
"I don't know; I've never seen him." Then he went back to staring at the television screen and reflected back to what S had told them earlier….
FLASHBACK
"The WWPF have agreed to give their full assistance, sir." Piandao said to the computer.
"Thanks, then I would like the help of all the police forces…but the Ba Sing Se forces in particular." This caused the men in the room to gasp, cries of "why Ba Sing Se?" could be heard; which S seemed to take into account. "While I still have no idea of whether it is only a single person or a group, I can all but guarantee that Avatar is either living in Ba Sing Se or are hiding out there. As for why I think that, I will explain myself when I confront Avatar."
TODAY
"Is this the confrontation that he was talking about?" Bato asked again. Hakoda could only shrug again and watched, praying that S knew what he was doing….
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"Avatar, I know what your doing and why, but no matter the reasoning, what you are doing is evil! It cannot continue!"
Aang could only stare at the screen in awe and then gave a small sigh of relief and smirked.
"Evil, huh? I'm the one that was put here to save the world! All who try to stop me from that are the evil ones! So you think you can take me?! Well, I figured that something like this would happen eventually but, I was expecting more of a challenge! Had you been smarter 'S', then this may have been fun, however…" he quickly got the Death Note out of his desk and scribbled the man's name and returned his attention back to the television and waited…until, suddenly, the man stiffened and then collapsed to the floor, dead. "No one can stop me from making this world a better place!" Aang smirked in victory…until a voice came over the TV.
"Hmmm…so you really can kill people without touching them. I had to see it to believe it…but, I'm willing to bet that you can only kill people that way, right?"
Aang's grey eyes widened, "What?!"
"I did this in case you tried something. That wasn't me lip-syncing on screen; he was a criminal that was supposed to be executed today. He wasn't released to the media, so of course you wouldn't have known that he wasn't me."
Koh snickered while Aang could only stand there in awe, "Got you there." He grinned.
Suddenly, an elegant S appeared on the screen.
"But I am certainly alive! So what are you waiting for?! Just try and kill me!"
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"What the hell does he think he's doing?!" Hakoda demanded as the room went into an uproar. "Does he have some kind of death wish?!"
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"What's wrong? Can you kill me or not?" S continued while Aang could only stand still.
"…he's got me. I can't kill him without knowing who he is!" He scowled as he listened so S's catcalls.
"Since I'm still standing, I guess not; …so there are people you can't kill after all." S remarked thoughtfully. "Thanks for the tip. In return, I guess I should let you know that, while it was said to be world wide, I only had it airing in Ba Sing Se, waiting to see if you would take the bait. I now know that you're there."
Aang was dumbstruck.
"While the police may have overlooked the first person who fell to this mysterious power of yours, I didn't. Does Ju Dee ring a bell or two?"
Shit!, Aang found himself thinking. This S guy actually knows what he's doing!
"Since she was small potatoes, only the Ba Sing Se news networks played the hostage situation, so I figured that you were there somewhere in the area…and I'm willing to venture that she was only a test drive, wasn't she?
"Avatar, listen up: the day is not far away until you are brought to justice!"
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"Yes!" were the cries that filled the conference hall as the police forces celebrated.
"Now there's the S we all know and love." Bato remarked wisely while Hakoda just stared at him with a bemused look.
"Yes, not only has he proven Avatar real, but he has also pinned down his location in one fell swoop…I had no idea he was this good…."
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Aang was silent for a few moments as the rest of the news carried on normally. He was still reeling from the blow that S had done to his intellect and as well as his pride. Koh decided to give the guy some space for a little while and went to find himself an apple. By the time he had returned, Aang was up and moving. "So you think you can beat me? I'm justice! I'm going to save the world and you are not going to stop me!"
"Well, it looks he disagrees with you at any rate." Koh remarked. He took a bite of the apple and then said, "At least it looks like the games are finally starting, eh?"
Aang sat on his bed and began to think and, slowly, a plan began to form. He smirked and stood up, grabbing the Death Note. "Yeah, you're right. But this is the kind of game that I've been playing all my life! It's time to take the Death Note to the next level is all; it changes nothing." Koh was confused.
"What do you mean 'the next level'?"
"You see Koh, whenever you specify the cause and conditions of the death, there is a six, almost seven minute long wait. I'm also willing to bet that, using the conditions of the death, that I can also say what time they die and where, but I haven't gotten around to testing it yet. The way I see it, S is probably already looking into the times the deaths occurred, thus probably managing to figure out that, since I'm busy for most of the day and can only kill criminals after school hours, leading him to suspect I'm a student. So, now's the perfect time for me to try it out. If I'm right, then not only will this throw him of my trail, but it will also come in handy for many other aspects as well…"
Koh slowly took a bite from the apple and smirked, looking forward to the result of the game that was about to commence.
This is turning out better then I thought!
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That's it! Once again, I'm sorry if you think the characters were OOC, but I'm trying my best. For the record, I'm still not sure if I'm going to do the whole story, the L arc, or not even that…it depends if anyone is interested in picking it up (so long as I'm still a consultant).
Since school is destroying my free time and I do have two other stories to work on (if only I didn't have freakin' writer's block!), I'm going to have ask for three or so reviews before each update.
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