Hello there, a happy new year to everyone and welcome to the next chapter of Avatar: Immortal Dragon and the first chapter of 2022.
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And now story time.
The following morning after the rest of Team Avatar got arrested, Genji had returned back to his club, picking up a nightly guest to distract himself and was now fast asleep in his bed. But his rest was interrupted when he heard a loud knock on the front door.
It was nearly five minutes before Genji with an annoyed sigh removed the arm of his nightly guest. Standing up and rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he made his way over the clothing covered floor as he walked towards the living room.
The knocks continued until an irritated Genji opened it, "What!?" he shouted only to come face-to-face with a Ichiro, "Detective? It's six in the fucking morning! Someone better be dead!", but his eyes widen when he saw the way the detective was looking.
Arriving in the council room at City Hall, Ichiro and a now dressed Genji saw damage of battle, an electrified glove and several Equalists weapons where scattered about as many cracks and holes littered the floors. Tarrlok is having his arm wound healed by a male healer.
Ichiro walked towards Tarrlok. Once he arrived the detective immediately went for the questions. "What was the Avatar doing here late at night?"
"As I told Chief Saikhan and Tenzin." Tarrlok said standing up from the chair as he rolls down his sleeve, "Korra came to my office late last night. She was upset that I arrested her friends. She asked me to release them and... That's when the Equalists attacked. I tried to protect Korra, but we were outnumbered. Then, I was electrocuted. When I came to, the police had arrived. But Korra was gone."
Ichiro eyes widen in shock, his anger boiling, he failed to protect her, he had failed in his duty as an police detective. The only way to make up for his failure would be to save her. He had to.
"I'm so sorry, detective, I know you and Korra are close. That's why I can't have you on this case." Tarrlok sighs regretfully, "But I promise, me and the entire police force won't rest until we have found the Avatar."
Ichiro looked as Tarrlok walked away as Genji walked up behind him, "So Detective. Are you going to be lawful, or are you going to be good." Genji said, looking at Ichiro out of the corner of his eye, "What will it be?"
"Let's go." Ichiro said determent as he turned around and led the way out of City Hall.
Inside one of the hideouts used by the Equalists, two returned from a run but what was strange for them was that the back garage door was wide open. Carefully stepping off their motorcycles and preparing a set of bola's, the two sneaked closer. What they found made their stomach turn.
The mangled and bloodied corpses of their Equalists brothers and sisters where thrown about, the floors and wall painted in the crimson color of their blood.
One of them stumbled backwards when he stumbled against the legs of the person responsible.
"Hello." Genji said with a feral grin, wielding his bloodied sword.
Some time later, one of the Equalists with his arms tied behind his back, masked removed and his head being held in place by the dress shoes of Genji, who was sitting on a nearby table. Meanwhile the other one was tied up to a chair.
"You don't scare me." the Equalists said mockingly, "I am telling you nothing."
Ichiro rolled up his sleeves before he wrapped training bandages around his knuckles. Raising his fist he punched the Equalists hard enough to knock him over with the chair.
"Where is she!?" Ichiro shouted, gripping a hand full of hair and slamming the head against the ground, "Where did you take the Avatar!?"
"Oi, detective." Genji shouted as he lit up a cigarette, "Word of advice, never start with the head. The victim gets all fuzzy. He can't feel the next punch."
"...Now he's telling that!" Ichiro said before pulling the chair back into the sitting position.
"Nice of you to let good cop over there have a chance to speak." the Equalist said, spitting up some blood and teeth, "But that routine won't work...", as Ichiro pulled a small tub filled with cold water over to the seated Equalist.
"Oh, that's where your wrong." Genji said with smirk as he watched Ichiro kick the Equalist in the back and forced him face first into the tub of water, "He is the good cop."
Ichiro took another hand full of hair and forced the head of the Equalists down, completely submerging it in water. He began to struggle to the best of his ability but with his hands tied tightly behind his back and the detectives strong hands forcing him down, there was next to nothing he could do.
"Stop!" the one under Genji's shoes shouted, "Your killing him!"
"Give me a reason to stop." Ichiro said deadly seriously, turning his attention to the other one, "A good one!"
"We don't have the Avatar, and the Equalist's didn't attack City Hall. Tarrlok's lying." the other one pleaded, "I swear! We are all getting played."
Ichiro pulled the Equalist out of the water, throwing him on the ground as he began to cough up water and gasping for air.
"...I believe him." Genji said casually as he stood up and stomping out his smoke under his dress shoes.
"I hope so for them." Ichiro said as he picked up his jacket, "Because if your lying. We will be back and you can talk to bad cop."
As they stood at the garage door, "Be seeing you." Genji said as he points with his index and pinkie at his eyes and back to the two Equalists, glaring at them.
Genji closed the door garage door, "I'm impressed detective. Never knew you had such a dark side." he said when he turned to Ichiro with a smirk, only to find him giving him a surprised look., "What?"
"That thing you did, when you said 'be seeing you'... Never mind, questions for later." Ichiro said before shaking his head as they walked back to his car, "It doesn't make sense. Why would Tarrlok make up a story about getting attacked?"
"Because he has Korra!" Genji said, as he began to smoke a cigarette, "For what reason, that I don't know."
"If he harmed her in anyway." Ichiro said in a dangerous low growl, "I won't take responsibility for my actions!"
"I never do, it's very liberating!" Genji said as they got in the car, "So detective, you where quite brutal back there. Do you often rough your suspects up?"
"No." Ichiro said as they drove off, "Never."
"Don't be alarmed, I approve! You should do it more often." he said putting his feet up, "You know, your starting to remind me of me."
"...Your approval fills me with shame." he muttered much to his companions amusement. "Say, Genji... You dated my granmother... That's a weird thought if you think about it. Your old enough to be my grandad."
"I'm old enough to be your great-great-great-great-grandad, boy!" Genji said with a good natured laugh, "Alright, we need a plan before we arrive at City Hall."
Late in the afternoon, Ichiro stormed into City Hall and into the council chamber, where to Tarrlok, the other council members and Chief Saikhan.
"Detective." Tarrlok said surprised, "What are you doing here?"
"I have news about the Avatar." Ichiro said, cutting straight to the case.
"What?" Chief Saikhan said outraged, "You where off that case."
"It's alright. Ichiro is just doing what's in his nature. We couldn't have expected anything less from Republic City's finest." Tarrlok said, raising his hand, "What have you found out, detective?"
"I found out who kidnapped Korra." Ichiro said much to the surprise of everybody in the room, "It was you Tarrlok."
"I am shocked you would accuse me of such an evil act!" Tarrlok said appalled, "I already explained: Equalists attacked us and took her!"
"Something about that has been bothering me. Why did they take her but not you? If they would kidnap the Avatar, why not take one of Republic City's leader?" Ichiro said glaring at Tarrlok, "It's because there were no chi blockers. You planted the evidence yourself, didn't you?"
"That is a ridiculous accusation!" Tarrlok said angrily.
But a voice from the balcony above drew their attention, "It's true! He took her!"
It was the Council Page, "I was here when Avatar Korra arrived last night, but Councilman Tarrlok ordered me to leave. I was on my way out when I saw Tarrlok bring her down to the garage."
"That is nonsense!" Tarrlok said enraged as the Page cowers behind the pillar as he points at him, "Everyone knows you're nothing but a squeaky-voiced liar!"
"Why didn't you confess earlier!?" Ichiro said as he stared up at the Page.
"I was terrified to tell because..." the Page said with hesitation, "Because Tarrlok is a bloodbender! He bloodbent Avatar Korra!"
Everyone looks at Tarrlok in shock. "Don't make this worse for yourself." Ichiro said deadly serious, "Where is Korra?"
Tarrlok's eyes bulge, everyone in the room cries out in pain as Tarrlok bloodbends them to their knees. He continues to preform the forbidden bending art until one by one, everyone falls unconscious. Tarrlok backs away and flees the scene as Ichiro fell deeply into the darkness.
He did not know how long he laid there, but it felt like almost immediatly that Ichiro was woken up from his unconsciousness to find Lin kneeling next to him, with Tenzin standing over him.
"Wake the fuck up detective." Lin ordered him, slapping him across the face, "We got a Avatar to find."
The slap wakes him up fully as he saw Mako, Bolin and Asami to be here as well.
"Mother? Wh-wh-what are you... You should be in the hospital!" Ichiro said confused before turning to the other three, "And you three! You should be in prison!"
"Mother?" Tenzin said surprised.
"I figured you could use our help finding Korra." Lin said sternly but with some motherly concern to her voice, "What happened here?"
"Tarrlok kidnapped Korra." Ichiro said as he sat back up, "He's a bloodbender, he knocked us out."
"Are you serious?" Bolin said shocked as he looked around, "Where is he? Is he here right now?"
"I don't know... Where is Genji!?" Ichiro said alarmed as he stood up, "He would be waiting outside in case Tarrlok tried to escape."
Tarrlok's car came to a screeching halt outside a small cottage deep in the mountain. In anger he slammed the door of the car close before walking inside. Unbeknownst to him, someone rolled out from under the car.
He walked down into the dimly lit basement, where a large metal box was standing, the same one he had trapped Korra in.
"My life is a disaster now, thanks to you." he said furiously.
"So your little bloodbending secret's out?" Korra said from inside the box, "And I know how you bloodbent me without a full moon. You're Yakone's son."
"I was his son, but in order to win Republic City, I had to become someone else." Tarrlok said with anger, "My father failed because he tried to rule the city from its rotten underbelly. My plan was perfect. I was to be the city's savior. But you, you ruined everything!"
"Tarrlok, the jig is up and you have nowhere to go." Korra told him.
"That's where your wrong." Tarrlok said, "No, I'll escape and start a new life. And you're coming as my hostage."
At the pounding began to echo through the door of the box. "You'll never get away with this!" she shouted.
But Tarrlok ignored her as he walks back to the top of the steps, when he was blindsided by four punches to the side and arm. He staggers forward with a grunt, he turned around to find Genji standing there, ready to fight him.
"You should have gone for the head, mutant!" Tarrlok spat at him smugly, "You've never faced bending like mine!" he was about to bloodbend but Genji seemed unaffected.
"I'm waiting." Genji said with a mocking smirk, "By the spirits, Hama bloodbended me more quickly! She needed the full moon and was like a hundred years old! Shame on you!"
"What did you do?" Tarrlok said as he madly charges the Shashou.
Genji avoids attack, quickly delivers several punches to his unguarded torso. "It's called chi-blocking." Genji said smugly as he moved from one foot to the other, similar like a pro-bender, "I learned it from the best."
"You learned it from Amon!?" Tarrlok shouted enraged, "I knew you and him..."
But Genji punches his left side, he jumps up and kicks the staggering Tarrlok back with two feet to the chest. As Tarrlok falls backward, Genji grabbed the front of his shirt and slammed him through a nearby wooden table, shattering it on impact and throwing splinters around the room.
Tarrlok lands roughly on the ground with a heavy thud, broken wood around him. "Typical politician... big promises, but all talk!" Genji said as he began to punch Tarrlok's face in, accentuating each of his words with a punch, "You've got no principles, just like all the rest!" he continued the beat down until he was completely sure that he had beaten Tarrlok into unconsciousness.
"And no, I didn't learn it from Amon. Like I said, I learned from the best." Genji said as he stood up from the bloodied and broken councilman, "And the best chi blocker was and will always be Ty Lee." he spat on Tarrlok before heading down to the basement.
Seeing the metal box, he walked to it before pounding on it. "Wake the fuck up, Twinkle Toes!" Genji said looking around the room, "Well... What do you know?"
"Genji?" Korra said hearing him doing something to the lock. Before she knew it, it swung open to reveal the famous Shashou standing there.
"Who else?" Genji said smugly, "You look like shit by the way."
"Thanks." she said weakly but sarcastically as she limped forward. But Genji seemed to have other plans as he swiftly picked her up and he lifted her bridal style.
"Your welcome." he said with as he began to walk upstairs.
Tarrlok laid unconscious on the floor as as he walked out of the door into the cold. There, just outside Tarrlok's truck, having arrived in a similar looking one, was Amon and a couple of his Equalist's.
"Now this is a surprising turn of events." Amon said arms folded behind his back, "I must say I hadn't calculated the Immortal Dragon into this little... meeting."
"You must be shit at calculations then." Genji said as he placed Korra down on the snow covered ground.
Neither Amon nor the Equalist made any move to attack. Doing the smart thing, they stood there, watched and waited. "Now then, Immortal Dragon. Are we going to talk like civilized people." Amon said taking a step forward, "Or are we going to pound each other into the ground?"
"First of, phrasing." Genji said immediately, "Secondly, let me and Korra go and you can also be on your way. Everyone wins!"
"That I cannot do." Amon said diplomatically, "Hand over the Avatar and I will not only let you go, but not involve you any further in my fight."
"Yeah, not happening." the Shashou said shaking his head, "You seem just like the type to go after my kind."
"I give you my word, Immortal Dragon." Amon said, "There is no need for this to turn violent."
"One, bullshit." Genji said his hand reaching for his sword, "Two, this looks like a good opportunity to get violent!"
Two Equalists were sliced in two already before they could act, the third had his head sliced open with a single stroke.
As he finished the fourth and last of his entourage, Amon took the opening to punch Genji's side. He staggers to his side, dropping his sword as his arm went limp. He turned around to face Amon. Using his left fist, he jabbed a few placed to regain functions of his arm.
"Alright. Good old fashion fist fight." Genji said with a smirk, cracking his knuckles before motioning for Amon, "Come at me!"
Genji went for a wide swings but Amon nimbly evades them. He preforms a quick punch combo to Amon's chest, taking him off guard before he evaded under a strike, preforming a quick punch to his side and sending Genji to the ground with a kick.
As he fall to the ground, Genji grabbed Amon's shirt to drag him down with him. Rolling them so Genji was on top, he punched Amon in the mask hard enough to make a big cracks into it around the eye area.
"I'm impressed!" Genji shouted, "Behind all that extremist shit and the ridiculous mask, there's a real fighter in there!"
Amon countered by kneeing him in the side and rolling them over. Sitting up, Amon grabbed him from behind and held him in a chock hold.
"And behind all that insufferable smarm is a dead man!" Amon said in a low growl.
Without hesitation, he chomped down on Amon's hand, his teeth pressing down into his flesh until the taste of copper filled his mouth and as he drew blood, Amon was forced to let him go. Jumping to his feet, Genji was able to just evade Amon's strike for his throat, rolling under it and to his sword. Amon turned around only to have the sharp blade pierce his gut.
"Amon..." Genji said, removing the blade from Amon as he stood up, "You couldn't fathom the amount of dead men behind me."
Amon held his lower stomach, his clothes began to stain in his blood as he dropped to ground, first on his knees before he slumped back. Propping himself against one of the trucks, Genji stood over him blade at the ready.
"Good fight, Amon, but I don't lose." Genji said with a smirk, "Although it would be the simplest thing for me to kill you right now, I won't. You'd only become a martyr. But I assure you, if we fight again, I will destroy you."
With one last swift strike, Amon felt the pummel of Yamato against his head to send him into unconsciousness.
Sucking in the cold, fresh mountain air, Genji resheated his sword as he went back to Korra, who was fading in and out of consciousness herself. He picked her up and placed her in the passenger seat of Tarrlok's truck.
He then moved back to Amon with his shattered mask, before dragging the bleeding and hand bounded man with him before dropping him in the back of the truck.
Using the clothing of the slayed Equalists, Genji prepped up Amon the best he could, not that he would care if he died or not.
Finally he took a seat in the drivers seat, giving the hut one last look before starting the engine and he drove away from the slaughter.
During the ride back to Republic City, he continued to talk to Korra, trying to keep her awake as he didn't know how extensive her injuries where, or if she would wake up again if she passed out.
"Don't leave me here, Twinkle Toes." Genji said trying to keep her awake, "All of us are going back to my club for drinks after this. Then you and the Detective are going to get married and have a million beautiful children, who I can be their crazy uncle to."
He suddenly forced to slam the breaks when Naga comes running up. She slammed her front paws on the front of the car as she growled.
Opening the car door, Genji comes out with his hands up. "Naga right? Your here for Korra?" he said, making sure he made no sudden moves as to not startle the beast, because he wasn't in the mood to fight a polar beardog.
He slowly moved to the other side as the polar beardog kept a close eye on him and opened the door to show the slumped over Korra.
Immediately, Naga runs up to her owner, she licks her face.
"Hey Naga. You came looking for me. Good girl." she said weakly as Naga continues licking her, "This is Genji, he's a friend. He saved me."
"Okay, I really want to pet that lovable polar beardog. But we need to get you back." Genji said, turning to the back of the truck, "I think she should fit in there. You might need to sit on top of our guest though."
Ichiro, Tenzin, Lin, Mako, Bolin, and Asami are flying above the city towards the Kyoshi Bridge where a police blockade was set up.
The truck belonging to Tarrlok comes driving up and a few feet away comes to a halt. The sky bison just landed as the Metal Bending Cops stood at the ready. The door of the truck was opened and a set of nice dress shoes covered in sludge and dried up blood came out of it first, followed by the rest of a bruised Genji..
"Hello there!" Genji said cheerfully.
"Don't move!" a cop shouts.
"There is no need for that. I'm Genji Chirayus, and I work with your college the Detective." Genji said simply, "I appropriated this vehicle to bring the Avatar and a very wanted man back. Your welcome!"
"Hands up!" a officer shouted, "Down on the ground!"
"I rather not, do you know how expensive this suit is?" Genji said gesturing to his outfit, "Blood is easy to remove but dirt and mud, don't get me started."
"Partners name and badge number." the officer shouted.
"Oh for fuck sake, Detective Ichiro Beifong. Not sure if that is his last name, but I wouldn't be surprised." Genji said annoyed, "I'm afraid I don't know his badge number. But I say with certainty he packs thirteen inches, if that helps."
Ichiro pushed himself through the police line with the others right behind him, "Everyone stand down. The Shashou is with me." he shouted to the other officers, "I want an ambulance here asap!"
"Thank you, detective." Genji said as he walked towards the truck and opened it, "Look what I found."
Korra moans slightly as Tenzin and Lin run up to her.
"Korra!" Tenzin said, relieved, "Oh, thank goodness."
"Where's Tarrlok?" Lin said turning to Genji, "How did you get away?"
But Mako shoves Lin and Tenzin aside before he could answer, "Give her some space!" he said as he reaches up and pulls Korra into his arms as he begins walking towards the barricade where sirens already could be heard.
Asami looks on with a pained expression. "Look at him, having done fuck all." Genji said rolling his eyes, "By the way, Detective. You might want to call an extra car for the special guest. He's in the back. You people do everything else... I need a drink."
Eight chapter which gives a bit more bonding to Genji and Ichiro as well as a lot of action. Hope you enjoyed.
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