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 Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:18 pm
Raj stopped and looked down at the girl when she tripped over herself. "So I wasn't just seeing things." He mused simply, quirking an eyebrow at Kourou. "Why are you following me, kid?" It was blunt and to the point, kind of like if he wanted to hit her with some earthbending if he was a bit more in practice with what he did know. So what did this girl want? There were a thousand other earthbenders around them she could follow around, why was he so fascinating to her.
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:27 pm
"So you saw me." Kourou grinned. She didn't know what else to say other than, "I really like your shakles that's all." It was the truth. She really had no reason for following him besides that. After shining the apple she already had out, she offered it to him. "Sorry about that." She said, pulling out the other in her bag and taking a bite out of it. "Mum says my curiosity will kill me someday."
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:56 pm
Raj continued to walk, stepping around her and ignoring the offered thing. She seemed pretty young so he was almost completely sure she took the apple and simply didn't get caught. That would be bad if this kid were impressionable, she would think things were free unless stated by a sign or an owner of that ware that sees them take it. "She's probably right...So if you have any special skills, it would be a good idea to master them as soon as you can." He advised the young girl.
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:13 pm
Tsuzuki walked outside of the dojo, hoping that Yoko was behind her. Once she was through the crowds, she found the nearest hotel and sat in the lobby where she rested her feet for a moment. She was so emersed in her own thoughts that she didn't even stop to notice the two figures sitting on barrels just outside.
Two pairs of eyes followed Tsuzuki through the crowds. Ba Sing Se was always teeming with life and that was probably why the assassins had such a hard time locating most people. But these two weren't just any assassins; they were private consultants and made a lot more than anyone else in the job as two of the most famous assassins in the Earth Kingdom. In fact, this was one of their highest paid jobs in history. Well, when one is hired by the Dai Li, it would be surprising if they didn't pay well.
"I'm bored. Let's go kill her now," Shiro murmured out of the side of her mouth to her brother, "It's not like the Earth Kingdom will miss her."
Mei Kyoshu frowned as he shook his head and lowered the green scarf that usually covered his mouth, "The Dai Li hired us because they couldn't get the job done themselves. Half of that was finding the girl. The other half was having a convict, Fire Nation leader killed without any suspicion thrown towards the Earth Kingdom."
He quietly went back to his newspaper and commented softly, "The circus is in town."
Shiro angrily retorted, "Focus on what we're doing," before quieting down and asking, "They expect us to take the fall?"
He shrugged and answered point blankly, "We don't get paid unless we do. We get arrested if we don't. Get used to it, Shiro."
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:11 pm
Shiro's frown deepened. The only reason why she didn't argue further was because the relationship she had with her brother was the closest thing that she had to love for anything. She saw her killing as an obsession or a heavy addiction but her mind was not so diluted that she thought of it as love. "I don't care what you say we have to do for our job as long as it gets done," she mumbled bitterly.
He would have smiled if he remembered how but the last time Mei Kyoshu had smiled was the last time he had seen his parents alive. Almost eight years ago. Someone would probably tell him that it was impossible to go without smiling for such a long time but twentyone-year-old Mei would have to argue. This was part of the reason why his sister liked him so much; he never argued and was even less happy than she was but knew how to control it. She respected him for that and he knew it which was why he tried to maintain it at all costs. "You know, Shiro, there might be more to life than killing people for money," he sighed.
"Of coarse. There's also manipulating them for power too," Shiro stated without removing her eyes from the building.
She took out her golden fan that she had taken from her mother the night she and her brother left Kyoshi Island and began to fan herself slowly. It brought a little attention but nothing more than what was expected. A golden fan didn't proove anything. Even if it was from Kyoshi Island.
Mei Kyoshu sighed, feigning frustration with her even though he was slightly proud of her. "What about annoying them until they just don't want to be around you anymore?"
"Ha ha ha," she laughed sarcastically, "Just watch your mark."
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:56 pm
Ten dai li officials had entered a hotel in the lower ring of the city. There was an anonymous tip that a fire bender was in the area so they were searching the entire lower ring. Five dai li had entered from the back while five more entered from the front and ended up in the main lobby. One of them pointed at a wanted poster on the wall behind the desk. It was a print of a young woman with blonde hair. While another pointed at a girl sitting down in the lobby. As the captain looked at both the poster and the girl his eyes momentarily widened. He then nodded his head at his men and they shot chains from within the arms of their robes. Shackling both her legs and arms mean while two others of the ten dai li bended stone around her hands, feet, and mouth. "Tsuzuki Okami, You are under arrest for crimes committed in the earth kingdom." The captain said to the girl. And then they all disappeared into the floor along with Tsuzuki.
[exit to under ground prison)
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:30 pm
After leaving the Dojo yoko followed Tsuzuki all the to the hotel. Watching the two suspicious figures in on the far side of the room Yoko watched them intently reading thier lips as he followed thier conversation. They were here to kill Tsuzuki and they were hired by the Dai Li. Without even getting a chance to warn Tsuzuki other Dai Li officals quickly and almost silently took Tsuzuki captive. If only he had been paying more attention he might have prevented it. Knowing what the assasins motives were Yoko approached them. He knew what he had to do. Stoping just infront of the assasins Yoko looked down at them and said, "I see you were to late. You know you wont get your money unless you take her your selves. I've got a propostion for you, you take me to the ones holding the Fire bender and I will help you retrive her. I've been following her for sometime and I planned on killing her myslef so I figured since she is dead either way why not help you do it." Yoko know his story was in no sence true at all but he knew how to lie so well he could convice a man to kill himself if he wanted to. "So how about it?" Yoko said shifting his weight from his left leg to his right leg as he watched them intently.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:54 am
Tsuzuki went without a fight; it was hard to even move much less fight back. She kinda expected something like this to happen but was still needlessly hyper about it. As always.
Exit: Ba Sing Se Enter: Underground Dungeon
Shiro was not so easily fooled. Half of their job was just locating the girl. The Dai Li would probably allow them to take her out of the dungeon and kill her on the streets like a dog for themselves. Exactly how Shiro wanted it. "I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about," Shiro said to Yoko, feigning innocence and continued, "But, now that you've told us your murdering ways, what's to stop us from telling the Dai Li?"
Mei Kyoshu pulled the scarf back above his mouth and continued to read the paper. This did two things: show the intruder on their conversation that he wasn't talking to him and give him something to do. Besides, Shiro was handling things quite well
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:52 am
The room had seemed to get back to it usual activity after Tsuzuki was taken. They acted as if they were used to the Dai li taking people at random. Yoko pulled up a seat and sat on the far end of the table. "If the Dai li is so keen on letting you take her then why was she captured by them and not you? Don't you think they might not want to pay you?" He shifted his gaze from Shiro to Mei, "What is to say that now that they have her your of no use any more. If you get the gist of my words then meet me in the western forest in a few hours so we can come up with a plan to get her out of thier hands, kill her, and then return her. I could help you steal what is yours so that you could then reap the benifits. You know where to meet me. Make sure you are disguised well, I'll round up some help in the next hours. The Dai li is not an organization to mess with lightly. If you don't come within the alotted time I will have to take actions into my own hands. Farwell Shiro, I hope to see you soon." Yoko stood and then began to walk away, his steps lay silent on the floor of the hotel. Leaving the hotel Yoko then would begin to look for the others before heading to the forest.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:13 am
Raj walked past the young girl and spotted Yoko who seemed to be looking for him. Whether or not that was a good thing was up to interpretation. He just wanted to know why Tsuzuki wasn't with him now that he noticed.
"Yoko...where's the firebender?" He asked plainly, still not successfully remembering her name. It probably would've helped if he paid attention more often to introductions. Kazuki and Yoko having to argue back and forth at the forest was the only reason he could remember Yoko's name.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:59 pm
Up in the sky, was it a bird? No! Was it a plane? No! Was it a Cow? No! Yes thats right, its a Super Bison! Nine Tons of raw muscle, one ton of fur! Rei dreamt, laughing weakly, imagine Micah with a wavey cape, he'd SO have to do that one day, it'd be hilarious. The super Bison Micah was coming down, making a noise to try and 'wake' Rei up, even though he wasn't sleeping, he might as well have been. "A few more minutes, mommy." He said through a yawn, moving his hands and grabbing more fur near him so he could have a bigger pillow. Just when Rei was a secound from sleep, Micah landed, roughly, not like he would when someone was steering him, the sudden force knocked Rei into the air, and he spun and fell on his back in the same spot, holding his head with his hand, he moaned. "Ow.." He grumbled, it had hurt a good bit, not the part of falling back onto the fur, but the part of hitting his head on his wrist. He couldn't see Raj or Yoko or even Tsuzuki, so he could just assumed they were out shopping. "...." It took a moment for it to hit him, were they.... SHOPPING WITHOUT HIM!? "Hey wait! I need stuff!" Rei shouted, suddenly excited as he hopped up in a flash, and jumped, tripping over his own feet and falling back onto Micah, his head hanging over staring at the hard ground, he swallowed and smiled nervously. "Good save, Micah." The Bison nodded, even though it did nothing.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:07 pm
Raj turned to see Micah landing and Rei losing his head about needing things. The earthbender folded his arms and looked at the bison's saddle. He headed toward it since it appeared Yoko was more interested in something else at the moment.
"Hey, airhead, you see the firebender up there?" He asked, looking at Rei hanging over the large saddle on Micah's back.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:37 pm
Rei looked at Raj, he wanted to say something but he was tired, still excited, but tired. While looking at Raj, he spotted something behind him in a store, it was a nice store, and it had a bunch of nice looking clothes and gifts, and even Candy! Looking at Raj, he listened to the question and smiled in his mind, still acting perfectly tired on the outside. "Depends, how many Copper Pieces 'ygot?" He grinned, he could buy a brand new pair of shoes! And maybe some new clothes, oh, and that really yummy Candy, even though he didn't know what kind it was yet, he was sure it was yummy.
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:41 pm
"Enough to get myself some food. Go spend the money I gave you before." Raj replied, knowing that "how much ya got" actually means "I have no idea, but I'll make something up if you give me money." He didn't like freeloaders, all they did was beg for money they were never going to spend or immediately waste on something they didn't need.
"If you don't want to get hurt...just tell me you don't know rather than lie for money that you don't need."
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:09 pm
Inside Rei wasn't happy, seriously. Sure, Raj will be dead certain that its the truth if its Sarcasm like kidnapping someone, but if its a perfect lie, suddenly he's some detective! "You don't need food, you have a house here." He sighed, Raj must have kept some food at his house before he left, why did he need money? "Its all gone, I spent it on something important." Rei grinned, it could be a easy guess at what he could have spent it on, since earlier he had been doing something to his staff when Yoko and Kazuki were arguing, though thats not what he spent it on, it was still something that he probably would think. Pushing himself up on the saddle, so he was even further up then Raj, he looked down. "Five Coppa' Pieces!" Rei grinned, as he clapped his hands, waiting for Raj to toss him up something.
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