Naomi Ren's Story

Finally, today was the day. So much planning, so much scheming has finally come to fruition. Today he'll not only capture some of the rebels best benders, but he'll also be getting his daughter back. Icing on the cake. The benders to be executed today are merely the bait for the bigger fish, the rebels. He had to wait for so long. It had to be long enough for Naomi to be accepted into the rebels, and trusted enough to be allowed on high priority missions such as rescuing benders. And now all his turtle ducks were lined up a row.

Tonrar sat on his throne, his chin resting on his fist as he leaned on one of the arms of the throne, while his free hand was tapping vigorously on the other arm. He was soooo bored. He hated having to stay at one palace like this. His mind wondered, thinking about how things are going in the Fire Nation. He really must find him a puppet to put on the throne. This is work for lackies. He should be out there doing the fun stuff, like torture, and murder. But it's surprisingly difficult to find a suitable meat puppet.

Not only do you have to find some fool competent enough to be able to run things without him holding their hand, but not so ambitious as to pose a threat to him. It's a delicate balance to be sure. He really did luck out with Dekam. Not only is he as uninterested in ruling as he is, but his true interest is death, and destruction, which Tonrar can provide a lot of. The best of both worlds. He has had thoughts of appointing one of his other generals as the king, or queen, or whatever Sicca wants to be called.

He's unsure if any of them are prepared to rule though. Eris, though his trusted second-in-command, is more likely to just destroy the entire kingdom, Sicca would go insane from the boredom of the dreadful meetings, and then there's Tobimasu. Though he might be a better choice, as he's not as clinically insane as Eris, though Tonrar isn't one to talk, and he's more mature than Sicca, but still, he'd probably just go into an endless sleep from all the sitting around, and doing nothing. No, for now it'd probably be best if he stayed in charge. No matter how much he disliked it.

His deep thoughts were soon interupted by the arrival of a servent. "M-my lord, the prep-preperations are complete for the executions." The servent nervously reported. Tonrar lifted his chin off his fist, and sat up straight. "Oh goody! You'll want a front row seat for this Ace! It'll be a show to die for!" He stated with a bone chilling laugh. "O-of course sir." The servent answered, becoming increasingly nervous. Sweat was just rolling off his face like a waterfall. "Why so nervous lad? This is a happy ocasion! Like getting a new polar bear puppy, or watching said puppy rip the face off of someone!"

"Here, let's have a smile." His tone became increasingly menacing. He held out his hands, and began twisting them around not too disimilar to a puppet master. The servent's body tensed up, and began contorting in unatural ways beyond his control, causing great pain. The servent's pained expression then went away as a large, unsettling grin much like the one Tonrar's mask swept across his face. With Tonrar laughing the entire time. He then released him from his bloodbending grip. "See doesn't it feel good to smile?! Now go find General Rakka, make sure he's prepared for today."






Seok took a big whiff of the city air, taking in all the smells of Ba Sing Se. It smelled like home. He was so surprised by how much he's missed the smells, the sights, and the sounds. It felt like home. He hasn't thought about the city, let alone returning to Ba Sing Se in years. Despite how long he's been away, he must say nothing much has changed. It all seems like the same it was five years ago. He watched as Hyo reacted to their new settings, slightly grinning at her excitment.

She was rather adorable when she acted like this. When she turned to face him, and caught a big mouthful of her hair. "Smooth." He chuckled as she spat it out. "Yeah, I guess it's kinda cool. Honestly I haven't been this far into the inner rings too much. I grew up in the slums, I'm kinda low class. Don't tell anybody." He smirked as he rubbed the back of his head. And then he noticed that she was already back on the move. "I swear she's just a hyperactive rabaroo." He muttered to himself as he followed closely behind her.

Despite the cost, he is glad that she now has a chance to see the world outside the air temples. She seems pretty happy after all. Though he did wish that they're first stop wasn't in the Faceless capital of the world. Is that so much to ask? He watched their surroundings carefully in case of trouble. Though he was doubtful that they could actually do anything if push comes to shove. They are, after all ok Earthbenders at best. They probably couldn't hold their own against the Supreme Faceless One, or any of his generals, let alone escape a city under their thumb in a hurry if something happened.

Though he realizes, as much as he's dreading it, that they'd have to face them sooner or later, but he'd rather it been when Hyo is all juiced up with her full avatar power. She finally stopped, and allowed him to catch his breath. "Why are ya asking me? Aren't you the one in charge?" He replied with a grin. He ran his fingers through his dirt covered hair, and scratched the back of his head as he looked around. "I'm a big advocate of the age old 'wing it' technique. Think you can master that boss lady?" He smirked.

He noticed that the streets were rather empty, with very few people around. Rather unusual if he did say so himself. "Hmm, the sun's up, the streets shouldn't be this quiet, or empty." He stated as he scratched his chin. "Think that might lead to something?" He asked. He noticed an older man walking past them in a rather big hurry. "Hey buddy! Where's the fire? Where is everyone?" He asked the man. "Huh?" The man turned to face them, and gave them a good once over. Seok gave him a rather big, and fake smile to maybe put him at ease.

"You kids best get going, there's a mandatory gathering today. The Faceless Ones are executing more benders. You best be along unless you want to be next." He explained, and then ran off towards the gathering. "Fantastic. I'm guessing we found our blessed bender. Got any ideas on how to do this? I'm not too keen on taking on a crap ton of Faceless Ones. Or at least until you know more elements." He stated. "Or when you learn to do that cool glowing eye thing Avatar's do. This might be a good time to exercise that neutral jing crap Earthbenders are supposed to be good at, no matter how much I hate it."

Seok grinned ever so slightly at Hyo's determination. "I'd be disappointed if we did anything else." He smirked at her stating that they were going to this gathering. Though he didn't really want to go to this gathering, he knew they unfortunately had too. He didn't like it one bit. He knew that on their journey they'll have to witness awful things, but still he didn't want his friend to see such horrors. He knew how much such things can change a person, and he didn't want that to happen to her. All he really wants is to protect her after all.

"Ok, if you're sure then let's go before I change my mind, and just cause a rockslide. Which I can totally do. Yeah, don't question it." He stated with a slight smirk. He then followed closely behind her as they entered the gathering. His eyes darted around the area as his shoulders tensed up uncomfortably. He took note of everything in sight, keeping in mind how many of the Faceless Ones he could see. He was mentally preparing for anything. He glanced over at Hyo, worrying about how she was handling it. She seemed to be handling the best she could, but he could tell she was tense.

Seok groaned at Hyo as she made them move closer to the front. "Alright if we must." He sighed as he begrudgingly followed behind her. "Hey...." He said as he placed his hand comfortingly on her shoulder. "It's going to be ok." He stated with a light smile, hoping that'd ease whatever tension she felt. He watched as the prisoners filled the stage one by one. He studied their faces, and listened as their crimes were read off one by one. He looked upon them with saddened eyes. He was disgusted by this.

His focus was drawn to a woman on the stage. She was middle aged, most likely in her forties. Her hair was long, and golden. She reminded him a lot of his mother. She was desperate looking, with tears being forced back. He took his hand off of Hyo's shoulder, and stared at the woman. He held his hands to his side, and clenched them tightly into a fist. He could see his mother up there instead of the woman. He looked down to the ground as anger swelled up inside him. The ground beneath his feet began to slightly crack at his anger.






Tonrar's attention was brought to his general when he entered the throne room. Tonrar planted the heels of his feet firmly on the ground, and popped up from his throne in one swift motion. "Ah Tobi! There's my favorite general within eyesight!" He greeted followed by a pinch to his general's cheeks, as if he was a mere child. "Delightful! We'll just hide out, and await for the rebels to make their move. And then we'll have them all! Oh imagine the look on their faces! It'll be delicious!" He exclaimed followed by his ever present laughter.

"Remember, my daughter is not to be killed under any circumstances. The blessed bender, let's try not to kill him either. That might just make another one pop up we'd have to hunt down." He stated. He figured if that these blessed benders might work similar to the Avatar, in that another one would be chosen incase one dies. It'd be rather inconvient to be forced to hunt a different one down. He moved past his general, and towards the exit of the throne room. "Let's get this show on the road. No more waiting boy. I can feel it's going to be something to remember."

Tonrar led the way out of the throne room. "Alright, you get your men in position outside the execution area. I'll be nearby. You know how much I like to make an entrance." He ordered before he went on his way alone. It didn't take him long to be in a position he liked. He was on one of the rooftops overlooking the execution area. He surveyed the crowd, looking for his daughter. And then he found her in the front of the crowd. He eyed her carefully. "There you are my darling." He muttered to himself in glee.

He continued to eye the crowd, making note of those there. Then a young girl caught his along with her golden hair companion. He couldn't put his finger on it, but the girl looked different. And yet strangely familiar. He just couldn't place it. He shook his head, and focused on the matter at hand. He continued his survey of the crowd, seeing if he could find the blessed bender, and perhaps the other rebels as well.

Seok was taken off guard by the sudden riot, or whatever it was before him. He immediately rushed to Hyo's side when the trouble began. "Crap....I was about to do that." He admitted. He was really shakened by the woman on the stage that reminded him of his mother. He watched the waterbender girl that leaped on the stage, she looked very familiar. He couldn't place where he's seen her before. It was bugging him. "Naomi?" He muttered to himself. More, and more faceless soldiers started to pour in, and began herding the crowd into the center of the area.

Then an airbender joined Naomi on the stage. "About time." Tonrar muttered to himself as soon as Haruto appeared. Tonrar's sadistic, and unmistakeable laughter filled the air, making his presence known. Then he just stepped off the rooftop he was standing on, and landed on the ground with a rather loud thud. "Yes, still want to take that break dearie?" He smirked through his laughter. All attention was brought to him as he slowly strode his way towards the stage. He held out his hand, and a cloud of ash began gathering in his palm. He fired off a ball of ash towards Haruto.

Seok quickly leaped into action. He dug his hands into the ground in front of the two, and created a barrier to protect the two. The attack hit the wall with explosive energy. Tonrar glared at the young earthbender. "You aren't one of the rebels are you?" Tonrar asked. "Depends what you mean by rebel. If you mean I'm with these guys, then no, if you mean I'm a dashing rogue who opposes authority, then yeah I guess." Seok replied with a smirk. "I wouldn't use the word dashing, more stupid, and weak." Tonrar added.

Seok glared at the masked man. He widened his legs, and took his usual, homemade fighting stance. He clinced his hands into something akin to claws, and place his right hand above his left, his right palm pointing towards Tonrar, and his left towards himself. "I think you can say I came here to....shake things up!" He then stomped on the ground to being up a slab of rock, and shot it at Tonrar. The Supreme Faceless One merely side stepped out of the way rather effortlessly. "Did you just now come up with that? Or have you been thinking of that for awhile?"

Then Tonrar rushed forward with surprising speed. Seok didn't even have time to react. Tonrar punched Seok in his stomach, causing him to double over, and knocking the air out of him. "Sorry kiddo, you'll have to wait your turn. Daddy's got more pressing matters." He smirked at Seok as he intensely stared at Naomi. "Sorry...I didn't get your order...." Seok muttered. Tonrar looked down at him in confusion. "I guess that means I'm not much of a.....WAITER!" Seok joked as he grabbed Tonrar's arm. "HEADS up!" He then headbutted Tonrar in his masked face.

Seok staggered back, and rubbed his head. He vastly underestimated how hard Tonrar's mask was. "Those were bad even by my standards boy." Tonrar replied to Seok's bad jokes. "I regret nothing." He replied. Tonrar rolled his eyes, and tossed Seok aside by his gravity bending. "Huh, I like him. I'll enjoy 'playing' with him tonight. He'll have marvelous screams!" Tonrar smirked as he brought his attention back to Naomi. "Hello dearie. Daddy's home." He smirked to his daughter. He lifted up his leg, and floated onto the stage in front of them. "I've been waiting for so long for the family to be together again."

There was no time for Seok to react. His plan was to soften the ground where he landed, but things were going to quickly. Luckily Hyo had the same idea, and soften his landing for him. What would he do without her? "Yeah I'm good. My pride's just a little brusied...and probably my ribs." He slightly joked as he rubbed his side. It did sting a little, but nothing he couldn't handle. Seok helped his friend clear out more of the soldiers with his earthbending. He stomped on the ground to summon a wall of earth, and lanuched it at several of the soldiers, knocking them into a nearby wall.

Tonrar watched all this in amusement. He dodged his daughter's water attack effortlessly with a simple side step. Clearly showing he didn't see her as a threat. "For the record I didn't kill your mother. And had I known she was to be executed I wouldn't have allowed it. It was your uncle who killed her by his own accord, not mine." He then rushed forward at Naomi, and grabbed her by the neck, but not hard enough to actually hurt her, just enough to keep her in place. "Start killing the rebels. Start with the firebender." He ordered his troops as he pointed her head towards her friend to watch his death. He then saw Seok, and Hyo rescuing the rebels. He released Naomi, and growled at them in annoyance.

He stepped off the stage, and strode towards them. Tossing rebels, civilians, and his soldiers out of his way. Seok noticed that he was making his way towards Hyo. He had to think of something. "Hm...I know!" He held out his hands, and then jerked them up, causing a thick cloud of dust to surround Tonrar. Seok then stomped on the ground once more, summoning up five small slabs of rock. He shot the slabs in rapid succession towards the dust cloud. Tonrar managed to dodge four of the slabs, but was nailed dead center in his chest by the fifth, causing him to slid backwards out of the cloud.

Seok grinned in accomplishment. But this sense of victory was short lived, as he was attacked suddenly by a ash bender. The bender grabbed his right arm to try to burn him. Seok performed a hip toss on the man, and slammed him on the ground. He did manage, however to burn his right sleeve off. Thus this revealed his blessed mark. Tonrar noticed this. His manicial laughter returned upon this realization. "You're not the blessed bender I was looking for! But I'll gladly take the two for one. Two more left, and I'll have the complete set!"

Seok quickly covered his mark with his hand, even though it was too late. More soliders began focusing their attack on him. He struggled to fight them off, summoning pillars up from the ground to strike the soldiers from out of nowhere. Tonrar meanwhile turned his attention back to his daughter. "There you are! Come here you!" He said with absolute delight. He returned to the stage with a renewed spring in his step. "Not one, but TWO blessed benders?! And it's all thanks to you dearie!" He said in a proud tone as he playfully ruffled Naomi's hair.

"Come here! I've got a hug somewhere for you!" He smirked as he held out his arms in order to receive a hug. Though this was more for a joke than anything. "What? Are you made because I'm going to kill your rebel friends? Don't worry, I'll leave some alive. I do need entertainment. And you'll make new friends! They'll be lying up by the hundreds!" He gleefully explained.

Seok was barely holding it together at this point. His body ached all over, he was using too much of his bending. He couldn't last much longer. "Hyo...we need to go." He said as he made his way over to Hyo. "I can't keep this up for much longer....talk about personal problems....aw that made me sad." He huffed with a slight smirk. "We need to get these rebels out of here. The waterbender on the stage, the one tall, masked, and bitchy is so interested in, I know her. She is....was one of my best friends growing up. I gotta help her."

Tonrar was rather impressed by his daughter's attack. He was quite amused when the ice started to creep up his body, and encase him. He gave no reaction other than a slight giggle. When Naomi left the dias to regroup with the blessed airbender he broke free of his entrapment with little effort. He doubled over, and began laughing uncontrolably. He shot up with his arms held out wide, and laughed even louder. He watched as his gravity bending general stopped Naomi in her tracks, trying to get her to surrender peacefully. Adorable, absolutely adorable. He watched the chaos unfold, growing even more giddy.

Seok was barely holding it together, geting wounds left, and right from his eshaustion. He saw the general stop Naomi in her tracks, and he grew angry. He began pulling up rock slabs from the ground, launching various soldiers high in the air. He jumped forward a bit, and stabbed his hand into the ground, causing a line of twisted rock columns to propel forward, and divide Naomi from the general. Seok stood up, and sighed, sweat began to roll off his forehead. "You sure know how to welcome a guy back in town Naomi." He huffed at her.

Seok's blessed mark could clearly be seen at this point. He swiped his arms towards the general, sending one of the columns straight at his chest. "I hope you had a plan on getting out of here! Me, and my.....friend need to leave." He said pointing towards Hyo. "We need to get her out of here. I'll explain later, but she can't stay, none of us can." He ordered at her. Tonrar stepped off the stage, and strolled over towards them. Seok saw this, and sighed. "I...I can whip us up some cover, if you can lead us out of here. I don't have the energy for a third round."

"Leaving so soon? And without a kiss goodbye? I'm hurt." Tonrar smirked as he skipped through the battlefield without a care in the world. Seok glared daggers at the Supreme Faceless One. "Right, because everything that's happen here in the last twenty minutes have shown that we care if you're hurt or not." He smirked with a slight laugh. Seok stood ready in his fighting position. Though he was running on empty, he'd still go at him with all he had left, no matter how little that was. "Please boy. Like you could beat me even on your best day. Besides I don't want to kill you, that'd be too boring."

Seok rolled his eyes, and stomped on the ground, bringing up another slab of rock. He fired it at him, but this time his attack was rather weak, and sluggish. It showed his exhaustion. It was easily dodged by Tonrar. Seok almost fell over from making the motions of his attack. "Wow, I really felt that one." Tonrar smirked, followed by his renewed laughter. "I'm open to ideas. Seriously, I'm up for anything." Seok huffed. "You could just stop fighting, and enjoy your eventual never ending torture." Tonrar suggested. "No one's talking to you!"





Qannik stood in the palace next to Eris as they were taken to the throne room, and before the Fire Lord. Pfft, Fire Lord, he was merely a puppet. Qannik gave the Fire Lord a slight bow when Eris did, but it was more for formality rather then actual respect. "Yeah, sure, we're ohhhh so grateful." He said rather disinterested in everything. He rolled his eyes as Eris spoke. "You are such a kiss ass. I hope you know that." He whispered in her ear. "Sure, let's take a tour. It's not like some of us have something better to do." He stated, followed by a quick glance at Eris, obviously directing his comment towards her.

He noticed the looks Nani was giving one of his servents, and looked at them with a slightly raised eyebrow. As the Prince began their tour, Qannik flashed a wolfish grin to the servent Nani was making strange looks at, and followed it with a wink. He followed behind the Prince as he led them to the garden. He looked around rather disinterested in everything the Prince was saying, and showing them. He couldn't careless about all this.

When the Prince asked if they'd like to go anywhere else his wolfish grin returned on his face in full force. "What about that cute water tribe servent from the throne room? What's she up to? I do like a little tail from the poles." He said with a rather proud grin on his face. "I'm assuming she's water tribe, I have an eye for my own." He then folded his arms, and continued to grin. "But I'm guessing the brown-noser here as somewhere else she'd rather see so she can fakely complament it to try, and make herself look better."

When Naomi pushed him towards Hyo, he groaned slightly. "What are talking about? I'm....fine. Ready for the next round..." He sighed as he tried to hold up his arms in a fighting position. "I can....take on these.....these fools with my....my eyes closed." He sighed, nearly out of breath. In reality he probably couldn't open a jar with how exhausted he is. "Hyo....I'm sorry. Not exactly the night on the town we expected huh?" He said with a slight chuckle. He slightly cringed at his side, it hurt to laugh. He looked over, and glared at the gravitybender. This general. He regained his fighting stance.

Tonrar glared at Naomi, with his laughter continuing. "Oh Naomi, you'll come with me my Dear. Don't fight it, just accept it." He stated as he narrowed his eyes towards her. "And as for your friends....sorry Dear, it's out of my hands. The two boys are blessed benders. I can't allow them to leave." He stated as he pointed to Haru, and Seok. "Think about it, you'd be a god among peasents!" He stated. He couldn't understand why she wouldn't want to be with him. He could give her everything she'd ever want with but a snap of his fingers.

"What can I say. I'm a bad, bad man." Seok smirked as he returned to his stance. He sent up another slab, and fired it towards the general as he came towards them. The slab of rock was flung up towards the sky by the man's gravity ring. "Sorry, I'm not one for giving in to the bad guys." He smirked at him asking for him to surrender. When he began rushing towards Seok at incredible speed, Seok slammed his foot into the ground, and created a wall between them. Seok then dove into the ground, burrowing deep into it.

Tonrar merely dodged Naomi's attacks rather well, looking as if he was dancing. "Aren't you tired of fighting me?" He asked with a slightly tilted head. "How would you know you wouldn't even like being with your father Dear if you haven't tried it?" He asked. When she began attacking him in hand-to-hand he merely laughed as he blocked her attacks effortlessly. One attack forced him to make a 360 turn, in which he added a surprise back handed strike against Naomi when he turned back to face her. "I suppose I'll have to give you tough love then?"

Seok surfaced from the ground behind Retsihn, and leaped up behind him. He grabbed him into a bear hug, squeezing him as hard as he could. Seok sunk his feet into the ground slightly, hoping that would prevent him from being thrown around by the general's gravity bending abilities. "Hyo! Go! I'll hold him off as long as I can!" He ordered. His number one duty was to keep Hyo safe, and he'll do that even if it kills him. Which at this point was pretty likely given his current state.