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Daneil stood in his carner kinda just standing there as if daydreaming, he wasn't about to let one of his other two opponents attack him, however he was sure, that he wouldn't be the first one to quit. knowing this made him only that much more determined. a smile spread accross his face even though it didn't really fit with his eyes, you tell he was smiling.

Taizen might have made it apparent that he didn't like seeing Xio acting so conceited... For a firebender to be so foolhardy... Taizen thought that he was a fool, so much weight would surely affect his speed in the battle that was to happen, he would take great satisfaction in defeating this opponent. His nervousness with fighting two strong benders vanished immediately, and he smirked his own self confident smile, he cast a glance to the earthbender, he would probably wait for the opportune time to strike, Taizen could tell he was the least defended of the three benders, one had a wall of earth at his disposal at every attack, and the other had armor. Taizen's wrist twitched, and so the pool of water to the right of him stirred, making ripples, he didn't dare move yet, simple get ready for what was to come.

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As fiery as the Sanada prodigy was, he wasn't as hot-headed as most other firebenders, and wasn't about to make the first move. That foolish mistake would be his opponents', of course. Just the same as the mistake of judging someone like Sanada Xio early...

[[ Do something. D= ]]

Daneil decideding that he would make the first move slid his right foot forward causeing a dull spike like peice of earth to rise up out of the ground at a rapid speed. the intension of this was not really to hurt the fire bender, but more along the lines of pushing him back enough to be forced out of the ring. leaving him and the water bender to fight it out. however if this didn't work his next move would be to try and take out Taizen. he would shift his body turning it towards Taizen lifting his arms up. this inter would cause the platform of earth Taizen was standing on to lift up and flip over, hopefully with enough force to throw him out of the ring provided he hadn't moved from his original spot, during all the comotion. with his body Turned towards Taizen he would slide his right foot back and to the side going to make another attempt at the firebender providing that his first attempt didn't work. as a last deffense after sending the second wave at the firebender Daneil would would raise the platform he himself was standing on to aviod any type attack. this would also give him the high ground somewhat giving him an advantage.

[waiting on Taizen gonk ]

[[ Just to let you know, it's not standard Fire Nation armor... not at all. ]]

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Xio, so far off from the others, had far more than ample time to observe an attack headed for him. He did nothing to prepare, it seemed, nothing to counter and made no motions to attack. However, this doesn't mean he was not more than ready.

What he did do was stare. Xio's eyes opened slightly wider and he fixed a piercing glance to Taizen's... pupils contracted and focused as Taizen came closer. It was the look of natural authority, both punishment and reprimand to an unsightly servant in the presence of their master. It spoke volumes of a beating to come.

"Waterbender and Earthbender." Xio breathed silently, taking in the movements of the waterbender's body and bending techniques, incorporating them into his memories and lessons. His knowledge was not quite as extensive in waterbending as it was in earthbending, but he was still trained well in fending and fighting the Fire Nation's enemies. As a matter of course, more than likely, as the Sanada were not allied to the Fire Nation so much as they were attempting to take it over.

It might be noted that Xio's armor moved with him, the intricate metals finely interwoven with chain between barely overlapping plates that were mounted to his base suit. The Japanese ancestry was apparent in the construction of this artifact, as was the Chinese detail. Designed to be as combat effecient as the wearer... and Xio was nothing if not effecient.

((Special armor, gotcha, *scratches off 'pointy objects' on the 'how to hurt Xio list))

Taizen's hand clenched, making the very long water whip pinch off from the pool of water. If he kept on trying to pull the water, the result would be a bigger strain on his mind, and a visibly weaker source of water, and the last thing he needed for the firebender notice was weakness, they probably lived off the thing.

The firebender had the most annoying look Taizen had ever seen, a look no one had ever given him, he gave him a look that showed Taizen's life was as insignificant to him, as an ants. This only fueld Taizen to defeat this bender, his pride wouldn't allow for such an offense. Unfortunately, his state of pride affected his bending, the long whip wobbled, momentarily losing it's streamlined shape, it looked rather like a really long jellyfish, the jellyfish had no form, but was being dragged along all the same.

Taizen was about 12 feet away from Xio, he stopped running, rather, setting his feet down firmly, stomping in a earthbender mimicry, his feet were pointing to the east, making his body line up like an arrow with Xio, he was sitting in his stance much like if one were riding on an ostrich horse, it took half a second for Taizen to switch from running to the familiar stance. His hands both made a circle, the left going clockwise, and the right going counter clock-wise. as the hands comp[leted they're circle, Taizen visualized his movements, it was like he had bent a whip of water to cover him like a sash, but his movements had only caused the water he had bent to froth behind him, like angry oxen behind a pen.

Taizen's left and was infront of him, turned to a specific angle, meant to cover as much space between him and his opponent(as though his opponent was 2 feet away from him, and trying to punch him) the arm was compact, so that the opponent(The imaginary one two feet away) could not break his arm-the most fatal error anybody in a fist fight had gotten into was from hyper extending the arm- his right arm made a second circle, before it flew by his left arm in a 'snake strike' aimed at the invisible opponents throat, before his wrist turned and rose, along with his right foot. creating the appearance of a rising palm strike to the chin, and a hidden knee to the groin.

The result of the detailed movements, executed as fast as Taizen could- A slow waterbender was a dead waterbender- caused the frothing water behind him sink, racing across the floor to Xio, the water rising, just as Taizen's hand and leg rose. Taizen let out an exhalation. If his plan worked, Xio would be caught, frozen in place in a rising pillar of water in the process of changing to ice. It was after he had executed his movement that he had a half-second to wonder why daniel was flying... The blind boy was headed straigh to Xio! And if he froze Xio in place... The likely hood of Daniel hitting him would increase...

The best possible scenario, would be for Daniel to collide with Xio(If he really was blind then he'd be robbed of earthbending, being frozen to Xio) and since Ice only lasted as long as it didn't melt, Taizen only hoped that he froze Xio's hands, that, or before Xio could melt the ice, he connected with Daniel, certainly having a body thrown at you could stop the man from firebending, at least at close proximity... But Daniel was an enemy... Having Taizen put Daniel right next to Xio was as good as putting him on a platter to be roasted... But of all the possibilities, he still had to watch, to see what actually would happen.

(Taizen's doing something very similar to what Katara did to Zuko at SOTN He's trying to freeze Xio in place.

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