Avatar: The Five Points IC

[BeetZel]

As the Radish Merchant lead the way into Frost Point, Kohaku marveled at the fountains that lined the inner sanctum of the area while he helped pushed in the radish cart. For a cart full of radishes the thing was pretty heavy as it creaked and groaned when Kohaku pushed the cart into Frost Point. "And this old guy does this daily?" Kohaku thought to himself as he followed the elder man. As they entered the premises though a whole bunch of waterbenders walked in the opposite direction from where the two was heading as if they were just excused from a meeting of some sort. As they stopped at the stairs the Radish Man then asked him to see if he would go up the stairs with him to go meet the boss of this place or fraternize with one of the waterbender ladies that were among the compound. Most noticeably was the waterbender Kitari who did not adorn herself in the usual waterbending outfit and had her arms crossed while her head scanned around the area before she walked out of the place.

"Wait what do you mean?" Kohaku stuttered when the Radish Man nudged him and joked about talking with Kitari. Before he could decide on what to do though a loud screeching sound pierced the air before the Avatar Hotaru's voice boomed into the sky. The Avatar was announcing that he was going to have a fight club that needed two members from each of the gangs that were set up in Five Points and was going to set them against each other. He then started to announce the way each member would enter this fight club by their gangs and then he announced for the non aligned members as well. When his name popped up Kohaku's heart skipped a beat. "How did the Avatar know of his presence and name already without even meeting as of yet. Kohaku took a step back and lowered his eyes down to the side "I'm going to be in this fight club?" the young said aloud softly to himself.

[TechnoAcid]

Shichika quickly took a defensive stance, and looked back at Shen to make sure he still had a hold on the other Eruption Point member. His gaze quickly shot back to the man. He took his pipe out of his mouth and chuckled, somewhat intimidating the Task Force member. He began thinking of the possible ways to fight this guy, when a sudden noise was blasted from the direction of the Avatar's base.

"All Five Point groups, report to the Avatar's base immediately! An important announcement is about to be made!" shouted the voice, which quickly shut off.

Once again, Shichika looked back at Shen. Shen nodded and threw the man to the ground. He quickly got to his feet and made his way over to the much more powerful-looking bender. Shen signaled that the both of the officers should probably move out and towards Hotaru's base. Shichika gave him the "agreed" sign and turned back to the Eruption Point members.

"Right now we all obviously have better places to be. Don't think this is over," he shouted, and he quickly jumped to the side of the building and climbed to the roofs, and Shen shot himself to the roof of the building opposite. They both made their ways to the Avatar's base.

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Shen and Shichika both showed up to the Avatar's hideout just in time. The Avatar gave the Frost Point leader a smirk, an action Shen quickly made note of. The Avatar returned his gaze to the whole of the crowd.

“Well, we’re obviously not going to fight in such a tight space, here in the Five Points, because then we wouldn’t have a Five Points to go home to, now would we?” He chuckled audibly, and continued, “You see, we’re going to travel to different locations around the Earth Kingdom! And I, your Avatar, will use my mastery of the elements to create a multitude of arenas for your fighting pleasure," he continued. His sarcasm could be felt in the air, "Just as the geography changes, the rules and power-ups in the games will also change. Some that might even leave certain benders at a disadvantage. Now, I need a representative even two for these games. Hell, I'll even recruit non-benders, or the unaligned benders without these gangs others call family. You never know! I might even hop in as an end boss! Anyways, for the matter of deat, it’s not my problem if one of the rival gang members goes over the edge and decides to, instead of sending you to the infirmary, sends you to an early grave. This isn’t your average children's game, so you’ll need to survive. Some benders might be nice enough to not kill you, and leave you incapacitated instead. But don't count on it. As for today’s match… well, you’ll have to follow me to see where we’re going. Oh! And the rest of the gang members can come to watch and cheer each other on. So let’s get to the final part... the tributes! I’ll call the gangs, one by one, and then I’ll round up the unaligned gang members, who will get a hefty check to do as they wish.”

"We're gonna need disguises," Shichika said, cutting off Shen's concentration. He nodded, and the two of them returned to the police base to retrieve their civilian clothes.

[Loomith]

Tae Dong

Tae Dong was on the training grounds for Hotaru's claimed land. He stood in front of a straw target dummy with steel plating wrapped around him. Tae Dong clenched his fist and punched it forward, sending a dark red flame towards the helmet. It blasted past it, but did no physical damage. Cursing slightly. Tae Dong sent multiple punches, in the fashion of a boxer, the red flames shooting out constantly, but not doing so much as melting the iron a bit. With a slight smirk, he stretched his legs a bit, before raising it and doing a side kick towards the dummy. A large beam of light blue flames shot out like a cannon, incinerating the straw and melting the metal extremely.

Sighing a bit as he stretched his arms. "I guess bending with my arms will never get better. Oh well." He sighed lightly as he took a dagger-looking object from his back. Then he pulled out one part from the non-bladed end, extending it into a spear. He took a breath and began to charge at the melting, destroyed target dummy until he heard a microphone being turned on. Looking over at the center of the Five Points, he could see a familiar figure speaking. When the voice reached his ears, he recognized who it was.

"Geez, he's starting it already? I thought the other guys would be given a little more time." He said, rubbing his neck before retracting his spear. He put it in the holster on his back before flames shot from his feet, throwing him in the air as he flew casually towards Hotaru. He flew slowly and arrived right when he was finished talking. When he landed, he landed beside and slightly behind Hotaru. He waited until he stopped talking, then spoke. "You know, if you laugh like that, people will only be more scared of you. Unless that's what you want. I mean, hey, I don't really care." He said, crossing his legs and sitting on the ground. "Where are the others?"

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Lee Zhong Meibon

Lee Zhong had been in a warehouse that belonged to the Agents of the Hurricane. It was empty, mostly because only Lee Zhong and a few trusted advisers were ever able to enter without risking Lee Zhong's wrath. At the top floor of the warehouse was Lee Zhong's office, where a large glass pane acted as the wall that faced towards where Hotaru was making his speech. Lee Zhong rose to listen. When Hotaru had been done speaking, he called for an adviser. When he arrived, he inquired; "What do you need, boss?"

Lee Zhong waved him closer, taking a breath out of his gas mask before speaking. "Send our weakest. This is just a slaughter house for the Avatar's enjoyment. It's an opportunity to get rid of the ones we don't need." Lee Zhong spoke, then paused. "Oh course, we should just let them decide among themselves. Bring the message to every member." He waved his hand to send the adviser off, as he sat back in his chair. Lee Zhong didn't care to win, but this would be an opportunity to see what kind of choices the other gangs make and what their leader's way of thinking is. He rested his arms on the desk as he waited.

[Impulse]

Huoyan stared the two Task Force members down as they exited the area. He then turned to the Eruption Point member who had been easily triumphed. "You need to get stronger. How do you expect to survive in The Five Points when you let a couple of police take you down so easily?" Huoyan sighed before turning around and exhaling a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared from his face he looked upon the face of another Eruption Point member. "Huoyan, Lord Bora wishes for your presence."

Huoyan looked at him and shrugged. With a bat of an eyelash, Huoyan had propelled himself in the air, going towards the base in an arcing motion using fire as an accelerator. Huoyan made his way to Lord Bora's throne. He entered the large room, and it seemed as if he was the first elite to arrive. Huoyan walked forward and bent down on one knee. "Lord Bora, I already know why you called me here..." He removed his pipe, and stood up. "I openly volunteer for this fight club that I just heard of not to long ago..." And just as he finished volunteering, the voice of the Avatar could be heard welcoming the various gangs to meet. Huoyan looked to Lord Bora for further instruction.

[Hoofprint]

Bora Kokoko

Bora smiled, nodding as Huoyan entered the room. Huoyan was the perfect candidate to fight for the Fire Lord's cause. Huoyan was everything needed for this battle. He was fast, strong, and most of all, loyal to the cause of Eruption Point. As an elite soldier Huoyan had done his best, and the results had always been the most significant. Huoyan would be more than capable of surviving and adapting. The skill of Eruption Point would shine through Huoyan, and he would lead them to glory.

"Huoyan, you are correct in your assumption, and you are correct in that you were my first choice for this competition." Bora said, leaning back in his throne, his legs crossed as he relaxed. "I have faith in your abilities and I know that if there was a firebender strong enough to claim us victory it would be you. You shall represent the land of burning suns and molten volcanoes. You shall represent the greatest of the Gangs in the Five Points." Bora tapped his foot, the flames around his throne rising as he spoke, growing with his voice. "Huoyan! Go now and prove the might of Eruption Point! Make our people proud so that they may strive to reach your level!" Bora stood up, his feet striking the ground with a force that echoed through the facility. "Soon, even the Avatar shall learn that Eruption Point is the strongest!"

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Yahn

"Tae! How did you get here before me!? Only I'm allowed to get here first when Hotaru calls!" A shout echoed through the halls, amplified by the powers of its speaker. A gale of wind, whipping through the corridors was another sign of the approaching storm, a mad woman who knew no quarrel with the bodily harm of her own allies. The winds grew as the speaker drew closer, her footsteps hushed by the raging winds. Finally, the winds died out suddenly, and into the room stepped Yahn, personal assistant to Avatar Hotaru in more ways than one.

Glaring at Tae, Yahn approached the two. Her face turned to smiles when she looked at Hotaru, but returned to utter disgust when her eyes settled onto her firebending ally. It was no secret that of all of Hotaru's workers, Yahn was the most loyal. She strolled up to Hotaru's side, an arm reaching to wrap around his shoulder. "Hey, Honey. Are the little ants crawling up for the games? Can I join in by making things a bit more interesting?" Yahn asked, resting a head on the shoulder's of her "white knight."

[Amphibian]

"Soon, even the Avatar shall learn that Eruption Point is the strongest!""

"What a joke" the Guard behind Bora Kokoko thought. That guard was not actually the person that he was thought to be. Unlike the rest of the Guards in the room, this one donned a mask. A mask that has been to every nation accept for this place. There was a reason behind the man hidden under the armor. He is Heru an assassin that was wanted by most of the Nations that he visited. His Master sent him to the Five Points to speak to each of the Gang Leaders, first being Bora Kokoko the leader of the Eruption Point. How did Heru get there? That will be answered now.

Before the Speech

"Kazu the speech is about to begin!" One of the Guard's yelled. Kazu was outside taking a break before they had to go stand for hours. He hated standing more than anything, it was boring and noone ever dared to interrupt Bora's speeches. It would be a bad day for everyone. Above Kazu was the masked man Heru. He had been there for quite sometime, waiting for his chance to gain his entrance to Bora's Speech. But that's the fun part, sneaking into a party.

Heru dropped to the street and that caught Kazu's attention. Kazu turned around and quickly went into a defensive stance. "Who are you? And what are you doing back here?" Heru didn't answer, he just flicked his wrist. From the wall a solid column of rock emerged and hit Kazu in the head. In that instant it was over, Heru lunged forward at the stunned Kazu and slit his throat. Heru quickly undressed the dead Guard and switched into the Guard's outfit.

Current Time

Heru didn't know if the speech was over but this was his moment to act. He walked away from his post and flicked his wrist. The ground below him would launch the Assassin into the air, heading straight for the window to the left. As he flew through the air toward the window, Heru pulled out a dagger with a note attached to it. The note read "Meet me in the tallest building that you can see outside of this building. Come alone, Mister Kokoko" He threw that dagger, and it was aimed to hit right infront of Bora's fire wall.

[aqua regis]

Kadak
Kadak paused in the corridor as the announcement rang out, audible through the door of the building. He had expected more time, but the Avatar was always an unpredictable one and had not failed on that front. Kadak's fist clenched at Hotaru's sarcasm, his jaw tightening in a white hot rage that he swallowed. "Soon Avatar, soon" he said to himself as he turned around and headed back out. With a bang the door slid open and he bellowed out at his men "Sura and Tulu follow me, anyone with free time may watch, the rest of you back to your duties and be extra vigilant!" as he strode down the steps. He didn't stop to see if his representatives were following and stalked out of the compound onto the streets to find the Avatar. There was more to this match, he could feel it.

Radish
The Radish Merchant looked at Kotaru in surprise, "my my somebody has got the attention of some important people" he said emphasising the word to show what he thought of the Avatar. "Well you best be off, just follow that angry looking man who walked past, he's the boss so he'll lead you right there". The Radish merchant scooped up an armful of radishes and handed them to the young man, "here you go, you'll need your strength. I should be alright on my own from here" he said with a concerned smile. "Well go on then, you don't want to get loss" he said and shooed Kotaru on before heading into the building. "Poor lad" he said to himself before looking around, "Now who do i talk to about buying some radishes...."

[Impulse]

Huoyan smirked at Lord Bora's words. "As you wish, Lord Bora." Huoyan would decide to go out and represent Eruption Point well in this Fight Club. If he accomplished in doing so, hopefully it would impress Lord Bora to the point in where Huoyan could learn actually lightning bending, rather than just redirecting it. As he was on his way to leave, a fiure disguised as a guard used earthbending to launch out a window and delivered a dagger through the air. Huoyan didn't even bother to move. He knew of Lord Bora's talent, and nothing that assassin could have done at the moment would hurt him. Appeared to be attached to the dagger, was a note.

Huoyan himself wasn't interested. He popped his pipe back into his mouth, and exited the room. Soon enough he would arrive in time to catch the Avatar's dry speech. Huoyan just sat there, eyes low listening to not only the Avatar, but the others around him. Little of the people around him were allies, and Huoyan would never let his guard down again after what his father pulled. After the Avatar was finished talking, he allowed for the gangs to send in their representatives for the Fight Club. He didn't know who the Terracotta Warriors sent up, nor did he care, but when it was time for Eruption Point, Huoyan stepped forward looking the Avatar in the eye as he did so.

[MotherLovely]

Borisava was on Hotaru's reserved training ground where her travel mate, Tae Dong trained in attempts to increase the bending powers in his arm. Though, her travel mate was not aware of her presence, stashed carefully away in a tree, blue eyes intensely watching all of his movements. He seemed to lack something that prevented his body from properly channeling his bending powers, or so she hypothesized. She did not really know much about the boy nor did she care to find out more about him.

Body as nimble and as graceful as a wild jungle cat, she slipped down from the tree, hands hitting the ground as her legs slid behind her. She preferred to be on four legs, she felt it gave her more traction when she was sprinting. Standing up to her full height, the native walked forward, bare feet soundless against the earthy ground as she watched Tae leave the training ground. Some gibberish she couldn't understand had just called him and most likely the other's to Hotaru. "In many ways Avatar's followers were much like dogs to their master" she speculated, watching him run off....

--The mysterious woman was roughly two hundred meters away from the target, lifting her hand a massive triangular spear of rock shot from the ground, stabbing the pointed rock through its' body as a quick refresher of her bending ability. Dropping her shoulders, she lifted her small nose to the heavens, taking a deep inhale as her keen nose picked up the scent of Tae as she begun to track the trail, picking up Yahn's scent as she continued.

Her relationship with Yahn was far from complicated, Borisava just wanted to exterminate her so she continue on her vision quest and bring home the avatar to her tribe to help restores its' proper honor and bring back the respect it deserves. She had considered killing her on spot, it's not like they would really expect it, to them she was nothing more than a gifted hunter/crazy foreigner. They had never seen her bend, nor did she plan on showcasing her ability any time soon. It's not like she'd have to, plus showing your strengths only allows your weaknesses to shine even brighter. She pushed the thought of scalping and using Yahn's skull as a decoration for her mother's newest staff or possibly cup and thought brighter thoughts, well, more confused thoughts at the least.

---She was still going through the trouble of attempting to decifer what the Avatar had announced

The scent of Tae and Yahn eventually lead her back to Avatar, she was unfamiliar with his actual name since she believed it to be, well, Avatar and didn't care to really learn the proper name to be blunt....The blond Chikyuudo wonder the halls, eyes closed as she honed her nose down on the freshening trail ahead of her, solely using her eyes and ears she navigated herself through the winding halls of the manor just in time to her a familiar voice, it was Tae's.

"I am present" she addressed Tae, unmoving blue eyes starring into his, her eyes seemed vacant, unnervingly so. She sat down directly beside Hotaru on the ground, cross legged, back straight as she gazed ahead, starring at nothing but the wall.

She listened carefully to her female travel mate's words. She was suggesting that she interfere with sparring matches that determine the honor and creditably of gang not to mention the skill of the fighter. And Yahn had the gull to suggest she destroy the sanctity of matches by playing an unchaste card into the deck. Borisava didn't even bother to turn her head to address her, she was of lower rank in Boris' mind and didn't deserve eye contact. Her voice was flat and plain like a cup of tap water as she spoke "at home, interfering with matches was punishable by death." the woman spat, hoping to get the message across that she'd have no such thing occur.

[Hoofprint]

Bora Kokoko

Bora didn't flinch as a single weapon struck down infront of his wall of fire, his eyes narrowing briefly as the flames began to lessen. Stepping through the flames, stepping cautiously around the shattered glass, Bora picked up the note. His eyes flashed over the note, and as soon as the message was in his head he set the entire note on fire. It was stupid really. The note was sloppily written, as if the writer couldn't even read what he had written. So, either Bora was dealing with a child who could throw a knife through his window, or some sort of guy who had craptastic eyesight. Whatever the case, he understood the words written on that note. It was a shame really, considering it was probably a set up. He would have to be prepared... And best of all the tallest building in his line of sight was made of metal... Essentially, it was the best place for either a fire bender, wind bender, or a metal bender. So it seemed he was either facing a metal bender, a wind bender, or a fire bender. Worst case was a metal bender... And even then he would have to have a plan.

"Kozu, get me my gear. I'll deal with this pest myself." Bora said, narrowing his eyes as he walked towards his room, preparing for war.