《AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER FANFICTION: RETURN TO THE EARTH》Book 1: Origin CHAPTER 13. ROUND 3 AND…
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I came back from my break. It seems like they had investigated me. Let´s see how they will proceed.
They came with a direct line toward me. Zuko was leading and Azula was behind. I see. They are coming in one line to protect each other until they get to the gate. Their plan had one significant problem. If they can not act the same way then it will fall apart. I am going to do just that.
I made a wall behind Zuko to divide them apart. Azula managed to break it but she falls behind. This caused Zuko to slow down and Azula to accelerate. This made it easy for me to time my next move perfectly. A quicksand trap was made to the point where their speeds allow them to meet. They both fell for it and I sent them outside the arena.
Round 3 was over.
Nobody said anything. It was so simple that there was nothing to add. I think to continue straight away would be bad. So I advised them.
(You are not used to working together. I get that but you can not go like that. Let me tell you. Your plan was correct but the way you did it was horrible. It is not good to come with one plan without any profiting. You were easy to read which caused you to fail. I admit that you should use that formation but not always staying with it. Break apart and gather suddenly. That is my advice to you.) Shamo
I let them discuss and we started again.
They came together once again but this time when I rose the wall she did not break it. She jumped over and sent a firebending attack toward me. 5 attacks were coming toward me. Two of them were going toward Zuko and two were coming overhead toward me and a final one from my left. She is probably firing one to the right side too.
I made earth armor and started to rush toward Zuko. Zuko was caught off guard since attacks are coming from behind and upfront. Zuko knew that he must dodge but he can not get his sister´s way. This caused him to stand his ground and take a hit. He must be hoping that attacks will not happen at the same time. Unfortunately for him, I was planning to do just that.
I had a problem though. I do not know where Azula is. Normally I would think she is another side of the dome or the wall I raised but I doubt that is as simple as that. This caused me to change my plan. When I was about to collide with Zuko, I sent myself back to the gate.
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Next thing I knew I was blinded. I have some strange liquid covered over my head. I noticed it had glue properties. My gut feeling was correct. If I had collided with Zuko then we would have been trapped together. My situation was not good though.
I at least am between gates so I chose to guard my close surrounding. I made shock waves to the sides hoping to hit those close to me. There was no sound so I continued to do so. I was making bounces over the ground.
It did not take much time to notice rising heat coming toward me. The problem is not a defense but a distraction behind it. I side-stepped it and made sand rise and start circling me with high speed to clockwise direction. I know that no one can see what is happening here. I was inside the eye of the sand storm so I could move easily but I still could not move at all.
Since the storm is moving clockwise direction, I doubt they will come from the right direction since stepping outside might happen easily there. I will prepare for the attack from the front and left. To no surprise, they are throwing weapons toward me. Shame that they do not matter in this storm since all projectiles will curve in here. I doubt that anyone could manage hit me without training at first.
I know I had made this 4th round way more over the top but they were close. I have no option to do anything else without seriously injuring somebody.
(Azula has sent to outside. She will spend one minute penalty time.) Iroh
I see. Azula must have to try to get past from the right side and fail with it. Zuko is still in the game. I have no idea what he has been doing during this time. He must have survived Azula´s two fire attacks. I finally managed to get the glue substance off of me. I made the storm fall to the ground and I saw Zuko in zone 1. He must have retreated there. We will wait here until Azula arrives. I have no hurry to make any moves for a while.
One minute later.
They started their next attack.
Zuko was sent outside and Azula retreated to zone 1. They repeated attacks multiple time but they always made fast retreat when one of them were penalized. This took over an hour. This came to end when both of them get in front of the dome and used it as an obstacle. Too bad for them I could bend the dome which caused them bout to be sent outside which ended around 4.
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Round 4 was over.
I started my lunchtime which Zhao had given to me just now.
I was getting exhausted. They were no better than I was but this had to end soon. If I had to predict then they will attack fast and directly. It might work. I do not think I can form a big enough wall on time.
I am feeling dizzy. I am nine years old for sure. I can not manage to continue any longer than this but can I say it. I could just let them get past me but I might get attacked instead since they will doubt that I would let them past him without the plan.
The food given by him was good. It was giving me calming mind and feelings. This caused me to become sleepy. I can not fall asleep.
Four hours later.
I rise from the bed in my guest room. Zhao was in the room with me. He was reading a book. The book was about fishing roads in the sea.
I had wondered was avatar world round or flat. I came to understand that behind the world mad is a large sea without any lands. There is no proof of it but people do think so. The book was about those fishing routes.
(You are finally woken up. I made my initiative to put sleeping pills on your food. I explained it to them and they put a hold on it. You do not need to continue that thing anymore. Firelord was not happy to hear that you were unconscious. Ozai is in huge problem right about now. He can not cause any harm to you. I think even those two kids look up to you now. You were practically standing straight up while unconscious.) Zhao
I was processing everything Zhao was talking to me. He gave me food and water and ordered me to sleep some more. I did not fight against myself. Every place was under hurt. I did not notice the harm I was causing to my body at all. I am starting to agree on why training was stopped.
I woke up early morning like always. But unlike normal, I was under a lot of pain. I look way different than before. I needed to cut my hair this morning because of a lot of things.
I had completely forgotten Azulon was supposed to tell me what is going to happen. It is not my fault or at least Azulon does not think so. I doubt that nothing bad will happen.
(I have been ordered to come to the throne room. You are allowed to stay here and rest. You are not allowed to go outside or open the door to anyone. These are orders given to you. Remember them and do not do anything.) Zhao left me to the guest room.
I choose to spend time playing weiqi. Pai show is not the game for me so I started to play weiqi since I had played go board game regularly in my past life. It is shame to play against myself but this game is not popular here. I made the basic opening to the right upper corner and opposite site for white. After that, I made my favorite joseki 5-4 opening.
My goal is to gain control over the side and center instead of the easy corner. The reason behind joseki 5-4 being my favorite comes from my first game in the tournament. I was a beginner and my opponent was a beginner too. Joseki 5-4 is a rare opening for beginners and I had wanted to prove the skills of my study by attacking the way which does not give many points fast but gains control to the less rewarding side. By winning with this joseki it makes me confident. My opponent made a mistake which gave me a win. Later when I meet that person again I saw that he became very strong. I am certain I would have lost to him if I had used different joseki that time. But ever since then we have always used 5-4 joseki in our games. Too bad that I could never come back from behind from losses to victories counts. I have never seen him make any mistakes with 5-4 joseki.
White answered with 3-4 and black took 4-6. White places 5-3 and black 6-3. White pulled back and black connects. white secures 2-6 which allows all formations to stay alive. Black continues the game with a control move 10-3 and white took the last corner.
The game ended as a white victory since white has 5,5 points more than black at the start. Without those points, a game would have ended as 89 against 93 for black. Real points are 94,5 against 93 for white.
I studied my moves during the game. During this time Zhao came back with Iroh and Azula. They had something to tell me.
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