Sneers
"HE'S STILL ALIVE! HE'S STILL ALIVE! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I mean i had my doubts, BUT SPIRITS DOES IT HURT TO SEE IT IN PERSON!" Shun Shouted.
For the past couple of hours, ever since they recuperated from the fire blast that hit them by some very well-known revenant, Shun has been doing nothing but ranting Non-Stop about the overwhelming surprise, Sneers had his doubts too but having doubts is nothing like seeing it for yourself..
The Avatar Is Alive..
How good does it sound? it must be the most pleasant surprise in the history of surprises.. The Avatar Is Alive.. Sneers couldn't even hold his excitement in as soon as that fire blast hit Shun's group and launched them ten feet away, that even though Sneers was far from the blast, one of Shun's group was blasted very far away he bumped into Sneers and both were knocked down, Sneers was so excited about the fact that he cried tears of joy, luckily for him Shun was too angry to even notice..
they made camp on their way to Yu Dao as the road from the forest to the city took two days, so Shun and his group made camp for the night, Sneers was tied to a post near Shun and his group as they, with the exception of Shun, were eating.. Shun was too busy ranting.
"Alright, we get it, Shun.. He's still alive, now you need to calm down to come up with a new plan." Jeri finally said having been done with Shun's constant blabber, Sneers almost smiled at the thought that even Shun's own men got tired of his nonsense.
"PLAN?! THERE'S NO PLAN, JERI! All our plans were very dependent on the fact that The Avatar Is DEAD! Him being alive trashes all of our plans.. DAMMIT, FIRELORD OZAI! YOU HAD ONE JOB! I wish Zhao had done it himself!" Shun said as he was pacing around camp, Jeri and the rest of the guys continued eating as they gave up trying to calm him down, suddenly Shun stopped pacing around..
"Wait a minute.." He turned his face slowly to look at Sneers, who in return got very scared and had a faint idea of what Shun is about to say.. "why do we keep neglecting the fact that we have one of Jet's friends in our custody?" Yep, that's it.. Sneers thought as he closed his eyes in despair.
"He's Jet's friend not The Avatar's friend, why would he care?" Jeri said, Sneers wanted to shout that he met Aang first, and Aang actually spent more time with Sneers, The Duke and Pipsqueak more than everybody else in the group.. but he decided to keep it to himself.
"I met The Avatar before, Jeri.. He's very soft and words of sentiment from Kori and Jet will definitely change his mind.. isn't that right Sneers?" Shun said looking at Sneers with a smile, who was startled by the sudden question, but he learned exactly how to answer to Shun..
"Yes, Master." Sneers replied, that's how Shun taught him to reply, Always use the word 'Master', not because he taught me any form of bending, but because he is my master and i am his slave.
"But Jet and Kori already know that we have Sneery-boy in our custody and they still haven't given up." Jeri said, and Sneers thanked the spirits for it.. even through the pain he endured, he was grateful that his friends are still fighting.
Shun turned to look at Jeri, "Easy, My Friend.. Peace meeting." Shun said with half a smile.
"What?" Jeri asked confused. What is right, Jeri. I never thought Shun had the word 'Peace' in his vocabulary. Sneers thought.
"We are going to send The Avatar a messenger hawk to meet in neutral grounds, without my army or his.. friends, only four of us, and four of them, and as soon as The Avatar and his party arrive, they will find that we are not actually discussing peace terms, we are posing threats.. first we will threaten him with Sneers, if he doesn't oblige.. we will threaten him with Yu Dao." Shun said with a look of menace in his eyes, and Sneers' eyes widened, he doesn't really mean that, does he? Sneers thought fearfully.
Jeri appeared to be having the same fearful thoughts as him, "Threaten him w-with Yu Dao.. You don't mean.." Jeri stopped, not wanting to continue the sentence, but Shun filled in for him.
"Yes, Jeri.. we will burn Yu Dao to the ground if The Avatar doesn't surrender." Shun said fiercely.
"But, Shun.. this is not what Zhao commanded.. Yu Dao has Firenation citizens.. we are not to terrorize Firenation citizens." Jeri said, trying to knock some sense into him.
"Nice of your to remember that, Jeri.. but last i checked, we haven't heard from Zhao in almost two months." Shun said.
"You know the catastrophes that happened in The Firenation in the past two months, Shun.. The Firelord is dead, murdered by his own son, do you even realize how much that endangered Zhao's position? of course he would spend time doing something more useful than just checking up on us." Jeri argued, defending the leader of their cause, Of course it was no surprise for Sneers that The Firelord was murdered by his own son, it did surprise him the first time he heard it from Shun however.. The Firelord is dead? and from his own son Prince Zuko, Aang used to speak very well of Prince Zuko, looks like time can change a man indeed, One look at himself can confirm that.
"Yes, And i don't blame him for it.. but as he decided to make certain decisions in times of dire necessity, we have the right to do so as well.. The Avatar being alive was never part of our plans, so right now, we have the right to change our plans." Shun said.
"By murdering our OWN people?!" Jeri asked loudly.
Shun stopped for a second to think, "Let's hope it doesn't come to that.." Shun finally said, and the response rendered Jeri speechless, as well as everybody else around the camp who were eating in peace until Shun decided to sour their moods..
not that Sneers complained that their moods have gone sour, but his own mood has gone even sourer, both ways mean defeat for Sneers, if Aang declined to surrender, it means all these innocent people will be slaughtered, and if Aang accepted to surrender, it means all hope is lost, and The Firenation finally won.. it was definitely a lose-lose situation for Sneers,
"I'm tired and i need to go to sleep, send the messenger hawk to the avatar yourself, Jeri.. tell him to meet us in the countryside of Yu Dao, where Jet's camp used to be, and only bring three of his companions, hopefully Jet and Kori are among them, also send him a threat that if he doesn't respond to our peace meeting, Sneers will be killed." Shun said looking with a smile at Sneers, he then proceeded to walk towards his tent when he stopped all of a sudden.. "Oh, wait.. and inform Zhao of the latest news.. i almost forgot about him." Shun said and Sneers couldn't fathom the look on Shun's face.. was he truly hurt by Zhao's actions? how could someone like that be hurt? Sneers could never understand.
Jeri gave a sarcastic nod and did as asked, Shun finally went to bed, his men guarding the camp at night, and Sneers still tied to his post, not that he is complaining, at least he has his clothes on this time, and no fingers are being burnt off.. Sneers kept thinking of Kori and how she will react once she receives the letter, he knew she wouldn't let them murder Sneers, and that made him both satisfied and frustrated, satisfied that Kori still loves him, and frustrated that she will urge Aang to accept the surrender..
hopefully she doesn't..
Sneers fell asleep thinking of how great life would have been with Kori had there been no war.
Azula
She won't forgive this.. She won't let this slide.. She will have vengeance, and it won't be mild.. it won't be just two cups of blood spilled on the floor.. it'll be a massacre, it'll be brutal and it'll be satisfying.
Same thoughts kept going through Azula's mind as she was sitting on a rock on the cliff she used to hang out with Mai and Ty Lee on.. the sight was beautiful, yet she felt nothing for it.. she just got out of prison only the day prior, she promised Zhao to vouch for him when he ascends to the firenation throne, Azula knew how to manipulate people, but even she admitted that without General Shinu none of this would have happened, and so she waited and waited for his arrival, the man was taking his precious time, finally he arrived.
"Making a princess wait for your arrival isn't an action of a courteous nobleman, General.. please, tell me it's your old bones that caused the delay." Azula said sarcastically, and the general took it offensively.
"My bones aren't that old.." The general said seemingly hurt as he took a seat beside Azula.
"Yes, they are." Azula said affirmingly.
"I was delayed because i kept checking around for followers, and fortunately i wasn't.. we have only ten minutes though, for people in the palace are going to wonder why you are absent." Shinu said.
"Oh don't worry, Mai is in my bed right now pretending to be me sleeping, she must be cursing me like crazy right now for putting her through this." Azula replied, and the general faintly chuckled.
"Alright, we have all the time in the world, now what we are about to discuss here can't be discussed elsewhere, Azula.. not even with Mai and Ty Lee." The general warned, and Azula merely nodded in obligation, she knew how dangerous it is to discuss something like this in public or even in private, Zhao has eyes everywhere.
"Don't worry, General.. I can keep a secret."
"Perfect.. Now, i want you to promise me, that whatever plan i am about to propose no matter how immoral, despicable or dangerous it seems, you'll oblige.. without question." Shinu said, and Azula frowned.
"What.. What are you talking about?"
"Promise me, Azula." Shinu repeated.
"I can't promise to not ask questions, you just startled me with the mere notion of your plan." Azula argued.
"You can't take back what's yours without sacrifices.. as a police officer, i thought you might be familiar with such circumstances."
"Yes, but i am sure you weren't talking about Zhao and his friends when you said 'despicable', Zhao is a criminal and needs to die, but your words imply that we won't just murder him.." Azula replied.
Shinu sighed, and what Azula heard next was something she never expected to come out of the man's mouth, "The despicable action would be, we're not only going to kill Zhao and his friends.. we are going to kill everyone attending that ceremony.. because we are going to blow up the whole firenation palace." said Shinu without hesitation.
Azula's eyes widened, her senses gone limp, her lips shaking.. she wasn't expecting this, she truly wasn't expecting this.. The Palace? her family's legacy.. her childhood moments all of them.. Gone? Just like that?
"N-No.. No! NOOO!" Azula barked out in anger, and Shinu tried to muffle her mouth, only for her to move away.
"Shut your mouth, you fool.. they might hear you!" Shinu scolded.
"I DON'T CARE! B-BLOW UP.. WHAT?! NOOO!" Azula got up and paced around in anger as she kept mumbling cursing words.. No, Not the palace.. I can't..
"Azula, you are going to have to listen to me.. it's the only way to get Zhao and all his disciples off our backs, do you think if you only murder Zhao another Zhao won't rise? i've spent a lot of time with them, Azula.. all of them have the same mindset as Zhao, and as soon as he dies, another leader will rise, perhaps my son will travel from Yu Dao to here and rises to power, and trust me, Azula.. you don't want to see my son on the firelord's chair!" Shinu argued, and Azula noticed how much it hurt him to speak of his son.. it also made her contemplate her choice, as she as well don't want to see that lunatic Shun rise to power, she heard enough of his ruling methods in Yu Dao.
"B-but.. there must be another way.. we can move the ceremony to another temple.. a-and tell the noblemen not to attend the ceremony, we can fix this without killing innocent people or.. or b-blowing up the palace.." Azula said, suddenly a thought occurred to her that stopped her pacing..
"Wait a minute, how do you think blowing up the palace will kill Zhao and his idiots? they are firebender, Shinu." Azula said questioning Shinu's sanity, only for Shinu to smile faintly.
"Now, this is what i am here to discuss.. now come sit next to me and hear my full plan.. Please." Shinu pleaded, and Azula looked at him weirdly.. but seconds later she obliged.
"Most of the important noblemen aren't going to attend the ceremony, it's only for Zhao and his disciples, as well as some of the noblemen that want him to ascend to the throne.. otherwise, people that hate you and the royal family, they will attend because they want Zhao to be firelord.. think about it, Azula we're all better off without them.." Shinu said, Azula's train of thoughts worked again, and that one had no stoppage station anytime soon, but Shinu continued anyways,
"As for the palace we can rebuild it, Azula.. we have enough money and resources, i know it's more than just bricks and walls for you, but this the price of change.. this is the price of making the firenation a much better place.. isn't that what you want? do you want the firenation to be a seedy, ill place? or do you want it to flourish and go forward with you on top.. but with the sacrifice of a palace and some disgraceful noblemen?" Shinu asked, he is the best at convincing people, Azula had to give him that, but still..
"I.. I am not sure.." Azula replied, the confliction will never end for her.
"You'll have time to think about, but know that this is the only way.. i have already contacted the pirates that will do it." Shinu said, and Azula looked at him weirdly again.
"Pirates?! Can this plan of yours get any worse?!" Azula shouted again in a fit of anger.
"Relax.. they are here for a reason.. Pirates spent their whole lives fighting firebenders, and they developed this technique where they get to kill firebenders with gunpowder mixed with blasting jelly." Shinu replied.
"Blasting Jelly?" Azula asked, she really felt very out of the world, all the fighting methods she knew about were the freestyles of firebending, she never got to experience other bending methods, especially not non-bender, for simply she never cared for their existence, the only non-benders she cares for are Mai and Ty Lee, and that's because they are fearsome warriors, but she has always neglected non-benders and considered them a lesser race than they are.. she was too naive, but apparently it was for the best not knowing much about Non-bender.. Blasting Jelly? What The Fuck?
Fortunately The General started explaining in details, "Gunpowder is an explosive, consisting of a powdered mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, right?.. Firebenders can fight fire off, but what about highly explosive fire? not even Firelord Sozin had the ability to fight that off.. but let's say that a highly trained Firebender can fight off saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal.. there can be one, correct?" Azula nodded, of course thinking of herself,
Shinu continued, "So the pirates thought of adding something to the mix.. blasting jelly.. it's not actually edible Jelly, Princess.. it's called Jelly because in its liquid form it looks like Jelly, but it's an explosive.. very powerful and most importantly, extremely flammable, a dozen barrels of it can blow up the whole palace.. the pirates have more than a hundred barrels.. they can blow up the whole firenation." Shinu said.
Azula frowned, The realization hit her, "You know the precise amount of barrels they have? Is this also one of the many secrets my father kept from me?" Azula asked, she was used to finding out about her father's secrets from other sources now.. and every time she hears one, she feels so bad about how naive she was in the past thinking that her father trusted her with everything. "The Pirates were loyal to your father, as well as some prisoners.. he had a whole network of underground people doing underground business.. that reminds me, do you remember The Combustion man?" Shinu asked.
"Yes, the prisoner that escaped and we couldn't find him, did you capture him?" Azula asked.
"Turns out.. he worked for your father all along." Shinu said.
"I should be surprised but i am not." Azula replied, faintly surprised but not very.
"Your father loved you, but there were things he just couldn't tell you about." Shinu said, apparently noticing Azula's internal struggle.
"Sometimes Love isn't enough, General.. and for my father all he had for me was the concept of Love.. but never actually showed it.." Azula said, she didn't want to appear too emotional in front of the general, so she hastily changed the subject, "So, how did you know that Combustion Man was working for my father?" Azula asked.
"Turns out, your father sent him and another prisoner to capture Long Feng's nephew and hold him to ransom, but not for money.. for Long Feng's loyalty, The Late Firelord never trusted the man and so pulled that off to put pressure on him, unfortunately it never worked, as a group of watertribe warriors ambushed the ship, they captured the ship with Long Feng's nephew on it, and threw Combustion Man and his friend off the ship.. afterwards they swam ashore, apparently it took them two days but they made it, of course ravaging a nearby market for food and water, and then they turned their course to the firenation thinking The Firelord would be there, only to find Zhao who captured them and held them prisoners." Shinu responded.
"Wow, even Zhao never knew of this plot.. at least this makes me feel a bit better." Azula said sarcastically, and Shinu smiled.
"Alright, it's been good talk but we are short on time, so i'll give you a day to think this through, but never, Azula.. i am begging you, never discuss it with anybody, not even Mai and Ty Lee." Shinu pleaded.
"Don't worry, General.. and thank you for not rushing me into this, i really need some time to think." Azula said gratefully, the general nodded and turned on his heels to leave.
Azula stayed on the rock, only more confused and conflicted than before the general arrived, is this really worth it? is she going to blow up the whole palace, her childhood memories, and all those, not so innocent yet not very guilty noblemen, to save the firenation? She really was grateful that the general agreed to give her time to think.. but she knew that only one day isn't enough for her to think this through, even her whole lifetime won't be enough..
Yet, she has to give him an answer, and She Will.
Southern Watertribe "Miki"
"Lovely and respectable Citizens of The Southern Watertribe, we are here to celebrate beauty.. we are here to celebrate everlasting peace between the people of the southern watertribe, ever since the elections, there has been many disturbances affecting our beautiful tribe, dreadful acts from various parties including my own that threatened civil war upon us, We're here to say No more.. We're here to say No to war.. We're here to make it evident to hateful people that we are united.. We're here to demonstrate to the whole world a fact that has been known for years, that the southern watertribe is THE main example for 'All for one and one for all', that we are going to stand against our common enemy TOGETHER!" People roared with cheers raising their cups of wine, The Chieftain motioned with his hands to calm them down,
"Thank you.. Thank you.. I would like to also thank the man responsible for all this, the man who made this peace possible, the man who might not have been born in the southern watertribe, but surely proved to be one of us, with his evident passion and love for this tribe and its people.. please join me in applause for Master Pakku." The Chieftain applauded and so did everyone in attendance, including Miki who gave a gentle nudge to the master who had a genuine smile on his face raising his cup and motioning with his hands to thank the people and Chieftain Voccak for this honor, "Now that we are through with the chieftain's boring chatter, Let THIS PARTY BEGIN!" Voccak signaled and the music started immediately giving permission for people to act as they want during fancy parties.
Miki was standing there beside Master Pakku inside the palace of the chieftain, Lady Kanna refused to come, still resentful of Voccak's actions, Master Pakku said.. poor women, she must miss her family dearly.
Miki was looking as beautiful as the moon spirit, She was wearing her blue sleeveless party dress, with the southern watertribe sigil embroidered on the dress just above her chest, she had an animal skin shawl that she wrapped around her back and covered her arms with only her shoulders showing, her brown hair cut short and her side fringe in place, she also applied some makeup on her cheeks and eyelashes that made her look even more radiating, who knew that was even a possibility? even though the girl was very coy to admit, but she looked remarkably beautiful that night, that all the boys and even some girls paid attention to her, to the point that Miki grew frustrated with the attention and stood beside Master Pakku to talk for her had someone decided to advance.
She never liked parties, even when she worked for Voccak, she had always hid in the kitchen sending other servant girls to do the work, of course at the expense of some of her wage, but it was better than attending a party of fancy people.
This party was different however, as in attendance were people of all kinds, fancy, average and even poor people, it was of course a work of intelligence from Voccak to cement his ruling of the tribe, but it was a nice gesture nonetheless, Now Miki didn't feel so alone, this party actually felt like home, surrounded by all levels of society and all kinds of folks, not just fancy ones who usually bring their obnoxious and arrogant kids with them.
As the music played on, Miki stood beside Master Pakku paying some attention to his conversation while taking few sips of her wine, she has never been much of a drinker, but when it came to parties, she just had to.. to look like everyone else.
Eventually she grew bored of the conversations going on and decided to take a stroll, as soon as she exited Master Pakku's secured area, the advances started..
"My Lady, May i kindly ask you to this dance?" a stranger asked extending his hand.
"I Apologize, but i don't know how to dance.." Miki replied, proceeding to walk towards the bar, when she was stopped again.
"Will my lovely lady be so kind as to accept this dance with me?" Another stranger asked extending his hand, this one looked handsome but she really wasn't in a mood to dance.
"I'm sorry i can't, my sandals are slippery.." Miki replied but this one was persistent.
"Don't worry about that, My Lady.. i will lead the dance, you'll follow the flow eventually." He continued blocking her way, Miki really thought she would never escape this torture, until someone she knew very well decided to interfere, acted as if he were her date in the party.
"Sorry, Hun.. i was just grabbing a few drinks for us, let's head back to the party." He held her hand and took her away from the obnoxious stranger who looked to be fuming in anger, as soon as they were away, she took her hand away from him.
"Thanks for the assist, but i am going to need my hand back now." Miki said, smiling at him, the person who saved her was Kai, her classmate at Master Pakku's school, and the boy she humiliated just some time prior, Miki was confused that he decided to help her after everything she said.
"It was a pleasure." said Kai, looking away from her and Miki doing the same, it was dead silent with just the music playing in the background, until Miki decided to break some ice.
"You are expecting an apology, aren't you?" Miki asked.
"What? I don't know what you are talking about." Kai said faking a confused expression, Miki had to chuckle.
"You are funny.. But don't worry, you saved me back there from that obnoxious twat.. and i was planning to do it anyways as soon as we get back to Master Pakku's school so.. Kai, I am Sorry." Miki said with a genuine expression.
Kai had a faint smile but hid it quickly, not quick enough for Miki to miss though, "There's no need for it, Miki.. you defeated me fair and square, i was just being a little bitchy about it." Kai said.
"No, i am not apologizing for beating your ass, idiot.. i am glad i did so.." Miki said, making Kai laugh in the process with Miki joining him, as soon as the laughing subsided she told him the real reason, "I am apologizing because i was being annoying, I taunted you and i did things that i shouldn't have done, it ruined my victory mood and i felt bad for the following days.. and if it's any consolation though, you have been my toughest opponent so far." Miki complimented, Kai chuckled again but this time with red cheeks, he was such a sweet guy.. and kinda cute? What? NO! STOP! Miki scolded her mind for making her think that way, he is just a schoolmate, JUST A SCHOOLMATE! Miki's feared her inner thoughts would show that she turned her gaze to look at something else, fortunately Kai didn't seem to notice.
"Why Thank you, Miki.. I believe this is the best compliment i have ever received in my life." Kai replied, and Miki laughed.
"Also, if you like, maybe we can spar again sometime, i enjoyed our sparring, and i would really like to do it again sometime." Miki said, her cheeks faintly turning red.
"I would Love to, But be warned, i don't plan on being humiliated again, so that means.. it's your turn, My Lady." Kai said with a challenging smile, and Miki had a sly smile of her own.
"Guess we'll find out, My Lord." Miki challenged back, both couldn't hide their smiles, Miki felt a lot better when she made up with Kai, it was a sweet moment that she will cherish for the upcoming days..
BOOOOOOOM!
Miki, Kai and the rest of the guests were startled by the sudden explosion they heard coming from outside the palace.. all the guests rushed to the outside to see what happened, including Chieftain Voccak and his henchman, Councilman Hedrick, who tried to calm the guests as best as he could.
"Everyone get back inside, get them inside, Hedrick.. Soldiers of the chieftain, FOLLOW ME!" Chieftain Voccak ordered and raced to the scene with the soldiers behind him.
"Master Pakku, DON'T!" Miki heard Hedrick shout, she followed his line of sight to find Master Pakku as well rushing to the scene behind Voccak and his soldiers.
Miki couldn't leave the master alone, so she ran outside as well behind the master.. and of course with Kai running behind her.
"MY LADY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY LISTEN TO ME?! GET THE HELL INSIDE, PEOPLE!" Miki heard Hedrick's voice from afar as it went fainter and fainter for she and Kai have already made it away from the palace, Miki tried as best she could to run with her dress on, it wasn't as easy as it seems.
Finally, her and Kai made it to where Master Pakku was looking concerned, Voccak and his soldiers were all standing marveling at the sight they were seeing.. Miki and Kai looked as well, only to marvel at the sight themselves, it was something like nobody has ever seen before.
A Dark Spirit.
Miki read about them before in Voccak's library, but she never thought they would be real.. How did it come out of the spirit portal?! Miki kept staring at the spirit, and the explosion it made, apparently the spirit just exploded a full storage of explosives the southern watertribe used for mining, Miki could only hope no one was hurt by that.
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT, IDIOTS?! ATTACK!" Voccak commanded his men all of a sudden.
"NO!" Master Pakku shouted, and everyone looked at him in shock, he explained, "This is a dark spirit, you can't kill it by ordinary methods of fighting.. it requires a certain skill.. and i just happen to know the skill." Master Pakku responded, making his way to the spirit.
Miki caught his arm, "Master.. No.." Miki said shaking her head in his direction as soon as he took one step, very fearful for his safety, The Master took one glance at the spirit and then returned to look at Miki.
"Don't worry, it won't hurt me." The Master said, taking his hand away from Miki, taking a deep breath, and moving towards the spirit.
"Be Careful, Master Pakku." Voccak said, looking genuinly concerned for some reason.
"I will." Master Pakku said, and a feeling of concern dawned on the company as soon as he left, even Voccak and his soldiers looked genuinely concerned for the master's safety.
But whatever anxiety, Miki felt it ten times worse, and she assumed Kai had the same feelings as he was biting his nails.. in a bold move, she took his one of his hands in one of hers, Kai was startled by the gesture at first but then relaxed his posture, and looked at Miki who was bent on comforting him, at least she achieved a small portion of the job, and Kai stopped biting his nails, but he still looked very anxious, hopefully this would stop soon with the master victorious.
And Indeed He Was.
All of a sudden Water flowed around the dark spirit, encircling the spirit with water, Miki was confused as to how Master Pakku wanted to defeat the spirit with water? he just said you can't beat it with ordinary methods.. but she was astounded at what followed..
The Water glowed, and it looked like a beam of light, The Spirit suddenly stopped ravaging the place as its shoulders slumped and its posture looked to be relaxed.. its pain was evident when it was destroying the place.. but now it looked at peace.
After finishing the process and The Spirit's darkness turned to light.. it made its way back to the forest and it departed in peace.
The Master then proceeded to take out the fire, the spirit made, and Voccak's men rushed to the scene to help him out.
"What In The Spirits Name Was That?!" Kai shouted from beside her.
"I don't know, but it looked like something you would learn in the northern watertribe." answered Voccak, as Miki was still very shocked to answer.
Finally, Master Pakku returned leaving Voccak's men at the place, and Miki regained some of her senses by then, but she was still shocked inside.
"What In The Spirits Name Was That?!" Kai repeated when Master Pakku returned.
"Water doesn't just heal humans, young man.. it heals spirits as well.." Master Pakku replied, and Miki looked at the ground trying to process all this, Master Pakku then turned his head to Voccak, "There bound to be more coming.. we need to warn everyone not to get anywhere near the spirits forest, and call for a meeting, we need to discuss this, this incident happened in the northern watertribe as well when the avatar was around, there has to be a link between both incidents." Master Pakku said, and Voccak nodded immediately.
"Was there any casualties from the explosion?" Voccak asked.
Master Pakku shook his head, "Nobody around the place, and hopefully nobody inside either." Master Pakku said, and Boy was he proven wrong just minutes afterwards.
One of Voccak's men rushed back to him looking very upset, "Head Chieftain, there were people inside the building when the explosion happened.. we found disfigured and incinerated bodies of people, their identities are unknown, but they looked to be four people." Voccak's soldier finished.
Voccak's expression turned to one of anguish, as did everybody else, "Must be the janitor and the night security.. May they rest in peace.. see that our community tends to their families and provide them with all the necessary supplies they need." Voccak ordered, the soldier nodded and departed.
"All the more reason to call for that meeting, Voccak." Pakku said.
"Yes, I've heard about the rumors of the spirit war the avatar was talking about, but i never believed they were true.. we are going to have a hard time convincing the world of the upcoming threat, but we will never give up, Master, that much i can promise." Voccak responded.
"Even so, we will still lose without The Avatar, This is a spirit war we are talking about, only a few people beside the avatar know how to fight spirits." Pakku said.
"This is where you role comes to play, Master." Miki said deciding to join the conversation, after the shock wore off.
"What do you mean, Miki?" "That technique your did back there.. it was the most incredible and amazing bending i have ever seen in my life.. you can teach us that." Miki said.
"Yes, Master.. we are more than capable and willing to follow in your footsteps and learn this technique." Kai said joining the conversation as well, Pakku thought for a second before answering.
"It'll take a lot of time to perfect it for people.. but if it's going to be our doom anyway, then i don't see the harm in teaching you." Master Pakku replied.
"Count me and the rest of the tribe warriors in as well, Master." Voccak said, Pakku looked at him strangely.
"This technique can't be taught to everyone, Voccak.. it comes with your chi, if your chi is capable of learning such technique then you are in." Pakku said.
"Well, only one way to find out." Voccak answered, making it obvious to the master that there is no escape.. he has to teach the whole tribe.
Master Pakku looked to the ground and pinched his nose in annoyment, then he sighed loudly.. "Fine, we'll begin tomorrow at sunrise."
