Mei Ling Beach

[AMMalik7865:)]

"Dont bet on it!" Rhino yelled, as he earthbended the sand, to move the water around him more quickly then the water around Sachi. He sped past Sachi, laughing happily. He basically cheated, but Sachi would never know that! He began speeding faster. Then something grabbed his foot! "AHH!" Rhino screamed as he saw some sort of hand, grab his leg, it began pulling him in the water. "SACHI THIS ISNT FUNNY!" Rhino bellowed, as he went deeper and deeper into the water. The hand was grasping him so tightly, his ankle began to sting. "LET GO YOU!....." Rhino couldn't finish because he was now under water. He was sinking quickly down into the sea. He stuck out his hand out of the water, as something took him down into the water. He opened his eyes, the salt-water burning against them, he looked down, but he couldn't see anything, it was to dark, and his eyes were blurry. He tried screaming but all that came out were bubbles. Rhino gulped, and he began earthbending the sand, with his eyes closed. He would form a sand whip, and whip that thing off him. He earthbended the whip, and earthbended it to slap around the thing's waist, at least, Rhino thought it did. He began pulling the whip down. He was sinking with the thing, and the whip! He formed a twin whip, and threw around the thing again, and began pulling it to the left. Then the grasp let go. Rhino quickly swam as fast as he could, water pouring into his open mouth. Almost there, Rhino thought. Then he came up to the air. He breathed. Without hesitation, he quickly swam back to the shore.

[Sachi]

If you want to go to the thread that continues "On the Run" then click HERE ;D

Sachi saw Rhino speed past her, yet something about his stance was fishy. "Hey! You cheater!" She yelled at her friend, but she was still laughing. But then her laughter died away quickly. Rhino was being pulled down into the water.

"RHINO!!" Sachi called after him and sped faster. Oh great. What is it? A giant squid pulling him down or something? She knew she couldn't dive into the water when she surfs. She'll be killed or drown for sure. Gasping in desperation, she looked around her, and then turned, calling out to Kitty and Dairou to help her. But just as she was about to dive in herself, she saw her friend come out and then swim quickly to shore. "Whew" Sachi got away from the wave and used the sand from the ground to make a mini booster. Then she went sliding towards shore.

Sachi jumped on the warm sand, and ran towards Rhino. "You okay?" She asked him anxiously. It was the second weird thing that had happened today. She was glad no one was there...

[AMMalik7865:)]

"Well, Some.......thing grabbed my ankle and took me almost a mile deep into the water, how do you think I feel??" Rhino said, a bit annoyed. "It was so weird! You and me both fell into the water, and I don't think that's a coincedence!" Rhino said.

[Sachi]

Giving a small laugh of relief that her friend was alright, Sachi gave him a small inspection without touching or looking to close. He looked okay, nothing broken, barely any bruises or cuts, just worn-out. "Well, I'm glad you're okay." Sachi replied, and set her hands on the sand, leaning back. "To tell you the truth, when I dived underwater, I decided to get back up, but then I felt something pulling me down. It didn't feel solid, as if some type of weird "tide" or "current". Sachi paused, as she stared at the shimmering waters, lost in thought. "You're right." She finally said. "This isn't a concidence... But who or what did it?"

[AMMalik7865:)]

"Seriously!" Rhino said. "The grasp that held me down, was like nothing that I've ever felt on me before. It felt like a gas or something. It definatley wasn't solid. It felt as if the water was pulling me in, even like the water had a mind of it's own..." Rhino said, as he stared into the great, deep waters. Something was down there, and Rhino was going to find out what!

[Alastar]

Dairou noticed that Rhino disappeared for a few seconds and sped over as fast as he could bend. "What happended?" he asked as the wave disappeared under his feet.

[D.REAM]

[ _{Staying poised, keeping the wave going, she noticed Sachi and Rhino getting c.ocky once again. A gentle sigh escaped her lips, before she then bended up the wave a bit more, before it struck her. Her eyes widened slightly, before that's when she noticed the boat she had spotted earlier was no where to be found. Stunned, she immediately stopped her bending, and the wave began to diminish. She didn't care, they could suffer, she wanted to find that boat. It had been water tribe, and she knew it. Her eyes turned dark, and that's when she heard Sachi scream Rhino's name. It was too much of a d.ream again. Deja vú all over again. An unpleasant shiver flew up her spine, before she whipped around, black hair whirling. This couldn't be - he was too far away to be able to find her - could he? Frightened, she scrambled up a mountain of sand, and into a nearby bay. Collapsing to her stomach, that's when her jaw dropped a good few inches. The water tribe boat bearing her ex-husband-to-be's symbol. Goosebumps flew up her arms, as her eyes narrowed. A few waterbenders were jumping into the water, Kaku, the man who wanted her hand in marriage, followed. Shaking her head, she began to chant, as she ran back to her friends, stumbling down the sand, an unusual thing Kitty never, rarely did. "Sachi! Rhino! Out of the water now!" Though, Rhino was soon out, as well as Sachi. Flining on her shoes, she cursed under her breath, before noticing a few familiar things about Rhino's encounter.}

[ _{As if something had happened, a switch had been hit, the heat suddenly got to the pale-skinned girl with ebon hair like the nighttime sky. Immediately, she collapsed to her butt, shaking her head, and spoke, quickly regaining herself, eying Dairou, Sachi and Rhino intently, "You three have to get out of here..now!" She shoved Sachi towards the trees, hoping her friend would comply, before her frantic eyes sped back to the ocean, which she knew - lurking were the men who ran the gang of the ocean. Ruthless waterbenders, with some earthbenders as well. He had threatened her if she had gotten hurt by anyone, he would hire the Gang of the Waters, and avenge. Well - in this case, he had them aiding him in bringing her back home. Nibbling on her bottom lip, she then conjured up a water whip, eyes turning icy blue, and the tip was encased with ice immediately. Hating herself for this, she hissed, "Hide.....now!" The animal dragging Rhino down, Sachi screaming - it was all coming back, like a bad d.ream. Kitty glared towards the three others, shoving them towards the trees, just as a voice rang out, "Kitty, dear, you really don't need to run." Thankful at least he hadn't see Sachi, Dairou and Rhino, she nudged them into a bush, hoping they'd have enough sense to stay hidden.}

[ _{Her gaze fell, and she whispered, her water whip floating effortlessly in the air to her right, and another to her left. "Kaku..." she began, in shock that he had found her, "How did you find me?" she raised her crystalline gaze, taking steps away from Rhino, Sachi and Dairou's hiding place. The handsome, brown-haired young man, about a year older than her chuckled lightly, before replying, "Not that hard to find a master waterbender such as yourself. Especially with your aunt and uncle giving you aid, Chay helped me a lot." A snarl escaped Kitty's lips, and she hissed, "You bullied her?" The noble boy from the Northern Water Tribe shook his head, acting stunned as she suggested he do such a thing, "I'd never!" Kitty's water whips suddenly came to life, and she hissed, "Leave..now." That tone of voice. It was the same tone she had used to herself when she fought with Sachi a few days ago. The voice before she unleashed her waterbending potential.}

[ _{"Not until you're on that boat with me. Now, where's that little guy I accidentally brought down with me instead of you?" Kitty's eyes flashed with fear and recognition. So - he had seen Rhino. Kaku's eyes flashed angerily, and she immediately knew - this couldn't be him. Last time she had seen him, almost three years ago now, he had been a gorgeous guy, with such a future. Now - he was a gang leader. Her whips suddenly lashed out, knocking their ice tips against a few guys' foreheads before they could react. Out of most of the men, she had taken out three with those. She whipped them back, knocking one of them gently into Rhino, Sachi or Dairou, who-ever might have been trying to get out. "He's gone by now, you scared him off, him and his friends." she stated, icy gaze boring into his own. Kaku sighed, before replying, "Ok...let's go then...all I want is for us to be together, Elwing...where's the pendant I made you?" There it was. His sweet voice she had fallen for. Tense, she dropped one of her water whips, and brought out the gorgeous blue pendant, with a silk blue ribbon for it. She snapped, tossing it to the sand in front of his feet, "There it is," she hissed, "Now....please leave, before you do something you regret." Kaku shook his head, and replied, "Elwing...I already told you what I'm doing."}

[D.REAM]

There's Kaku. ^_^ Oh, and this way, we have room to kick some major earthbending and waterbending butt...and send them packing. There's only like, 6 guys there, three already knocked out, and there's Kaku. I thought it'd be fun, but if not, then let me know, and I can delete it. This way, they still fight the "Monster of the Deep".

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[Sachi]

OOC: Sure, that'll be awesome! But please no double-posting...

Sachi hestitated for a moment, but immediately got up as she watched Kitty watch that boat. It looked familiar, and a thought hit Sachi that it was a Water Tribe boats. How could she have forgotten? She had seen it many times when she vists her friends at the tribes. But... Now Sachi was in mid-run, and she noticed that she wasn't even moving her legs and that Kitty was the one who had been pushing her towards the trees along with Dairou and Rhino. "What..." But Sachi trailed off as some of the people from the boat got on land and started talking to Kitty. She reconized one of them, probably the leader, as Kitty's ex-husband her friend has been telling her about. He didn't look that bad, but something about Kitty's attitude towards him made Sachi think of him as very dangerous.

Sighing, she retreated farther back behind the tree, keeping one of her eyes on Dairou and Rhino, just in case they do something "rash". Then, her other eye were on the other men, who some were waterbenders, others earth. A chill ran down her spine that had nothing to do with being cold. Earthbenders? But she was gaining a small confedence. She heard that waterbenders can blood bend, which can result to serious catastrophies, but earthbenders against earthbenders usually result in fights that take forever and ever... Kind of like fire against water. Sachi could feel her confidence build up, and peeked over at Kitty, wondering what she would do.

[Alastar]

"He'd better not bend what I think he is about to bend!! Blood-bending is a disgrace to the entire Water Tribe. But so am I, I to have blood bended. It is the mostly deadly kind of bending, if the water bender has no pride then he could actually turn the person's blood frozen" he said furiously. "He You! Leave Kitty alone" as he shot frozen daggers from his pouch of water.

[D.REAM]

[ _{Casting a nervous glance behind her, the black-haired teen made sure that neither Rhino, Sachi or Dairou were going to do something stupid, to get themselves hurt. His icy gaze held her own, before she snapped, "Never will I leave with you." she then dropped her water whips for good, and held up her hands, keeping herself from going at him right then. A gentle smirk, or smile crossed the waterbender's lips, before Kaku then nodded, and suddenly - more men appeared. Kitty's stance tightened, before his eyes narrowed, and she suddenly yelped, just as her blood was bended, and she was forced to the ground by an invisible force. Shaking her head on her side, she spoke, "Kaku...don't....stop before...." she was cut off, just when suddenly, someone's voice rang out. Her heart stopped. Dairou. Blood-bending. A trait she knew someone else here had, besides Kaku. The older teenager's gaze locked towards the other waterbender, and when he noticed the daggers, Kitty screamed in pain, and he hissed, as another waterbender then shattered the ice daggers into tiny pieces. "Keep that mouth shut." Kaku hissed, as he then stepped up to Kitty, who was still lying on the soft sand, that felt warm to her neck as she lay there. He smirked, and then raised another hand, and immediately, three grunts could be heard. Kitty's eyes widened, and Kaku managed to drag out Dairou, Rhino and Sachi. All with blood-bending. "Why aren't you fighting back? I thought you would-" Kitty cut him off, managing to kick him in the shin.}

[ _{That's when his blood-bending released Sachi, her "sister", Rhino and Dairou. Crystalline eyes looked to Sachi, as if asking her to run, before she turned back to Kaku, "Leave. Now - before-" Kaku chuckled, "Before what?" he stepped up, "You send Kaz after me?" She stepped back at the mention of her eldest brother's name, and glaring, she suddenly raised both her hands. Immediately, all the men on the beach froze, wide-eyed. Her hands clenched into fists, and their jaws dropped. Having caught Dairou's words, she glanced back to him, and Sachi, as she kept all the men frozen with blood-bending. Shame filled her up, as she then looked back to the men, and hissed, "If you won't leave my friends alone...then..." she paused, glancing back towards Sachi and Dairou, then Rhino, and turned back to the Gang, "I'll go without fighting." She dropped her hands, though behind her back, she gave Rhino, Dairou and Sachi a thumbs-up, meaning to let them know they could go ahead and fight now.}

[ _{Stepping forwards, she then tensed, as her blood was forced to stop, making her freeze. Nodding to the men, Kaku then turned as the boat made its way around. Gritting her teeth, she glanced back towards her friends, before suddenly stomping. The watery sand suddenly rose up, in a large cloud, giving them cover. The blood-bending broke, and Kitty immediately shouted, "Sachi, Rhino, Dairou! Run!" she then jerked her hands around, and a large hand of water came up and grabbed the men, knocking them into the water. Stumbling over something, she noticed it was the pendant Kaku had given her. Frozen there for a moment, she scooped it up, tucked it into a white pocket, and ran back to where Sachi and her friends were. Pushing them as the wet sand began to fall, she hissed, "I bought us enough time to make a run for it. Let's go!" As she pushed them farther into the trees, snaking her way through the branches with ease, Kiity paused, and gently took Dairou's upper arm. Eying him lightly, her eyes calming, and turning dark, while she did, she spoke, as her eyes changed color to Dairou, "Thank you, Dairou...for what you did back there." Looking to Sachi as they paused to catch their breath, she looked to her best friend, and added, "Sachi...you know what to do if I lose control?" shifting her attention to Rhino then, she added, "And thanks Rhino....for not shouting something sooner, or it could've gone worse."}

[ _{Looking back towards where she could sense the beach, she reached down for her canteen, just to notice it was completely empty. A gentle sigh escaped her lips, before she glanced toward Dairou's, his was almost empty. Concentrating, she raised her arms, white clothes glistening lightly as she then forced the moisture out of the air, and into liquid form. Gritting her teeth, she managed to fill Dairou's canteen fully, and her's over half-way. Though, Kitty then stepped up to a tree, perched on an up-rooted root, then a pale hand rested on the bark. She knew, now, she had put everyone she held close in danger. Kaku was usually an awesome guy all around, though he was driven mad with the urge to have his own tribe. Since his uncle was the master of the Norther Water Tribe, he had been promised his own tribe of the East, if he could get married. Though - without her - he couldn't. Biting on her bottom lip, she whispered, wondering if anyone could hear her, "In the end....he's not going to win."}

[AMMalik7865:)]

Rhino sat next to Kitty, swinging his feet back and forth. What had just happened, happnened so fast. Some guy, Kaku, came up the shore with this 'gang', and they tried to get Kitty to come to them, so they could get married, and he could finally have his own tribe for his own selfish ways! He couldn't believe he just stood there, and did nothing. He was dissapointed in himself for not standing up and defending his friends.

[Alastar]

Dairou nodded to Kitty, "Some punk from the Northern Tribe isn't going to keep the next leader of the Southern Tribe down" he said. They had were a little ways away when he stopped. "I'm making a stand here, I'll show him what it means to blood bend people! How come he's like that to you Kitty?" he asked.

[D.REAM]

[ _{Listening closely, she could hear the boat being pushed off from the sand, and taken on another route. Frowning, she stood up on her tip-toes, quite gracefully actually, and noticed a few earthbenders were left behind. Nibbling on her bottom lip, she turned back to her friends, so thankful that they were all, all right. So far. Gritting her teeth in anger, the 15-year-old then collapsed against a tree, letting it support her, before her dark eyes found Rhino's, as he sat down by her, swinging his feet silently. Eying his mannerisms curiously for a moment, Kitty swallowed past the lump that had formed in her throat. That meant Chay, her aunt and uncle would be in trouble soon. Shaking her head weakly, she whipped around as Dairou's words hit her ears. Dark eyed narrowed slightly, though they widened when he said, "future leader of the southern water tribe". So - he was next in line for the throne, so-called for the Southern Water Tribe, where her cousins lived. Dark nighttime eyes glanced towards Sachi for her reaction about Kitty's inquiry a few moments ago. Finally untensed for a few moments, the master waterbender stiffened when Dairou was going to make a stand. Though - when it came to why he acted that way, silence enveloped the group uncomfortably. Nervously, she glanced towards Sachi, as if to explain it all through that glance, though she doubted Sachi would get it. It was because of her power she had when she was in stress, or merely called upon it. Remaining silent a little longer, and letting the flow of admiration for Dairou to end, the black-haired teen replied, "Many reasons." she calmly stated, shutting her eyes for a moment, remembering those precious days she had spent with her brothers, and Kaku, before he fell to greed.}

[ _{After shutting her eyes for a few moments, she opened them once more, and replied, calmness laced with her voice, though it soon dried up into bitterness, "He was the perfect guy, though he fell to greed. He wants power, to have his own tribe, the Eastern Water Tribe, one that he could have. But - he has..." she cut herself off, and the atmosphere tightened. It was as if someone was squeezing on the air around them. She was bending the moisture in the air. Suddenly realizing this, Kitty inhaled, and it stopped. Looking nervously to her friends, she reached into her pocket, and revealed the pendant Kaku had given her years ago. "I ran from my problems, and it seems they followed me..." looking up from the ground with a hard expression, she snapped, though gentle, "I don't want you three here if they catch up, it'll only put your lives in danger, and I don't want that because of him." she didn't say why he was chasing her though. Of course not, her parents probably wanted their only daughter back, and Kaku was probably promised her hand in marriage if he should bring her back. Yes, she thought, shutting her eyes, as she heard approaching foot-steps, That must be it.}

[ _{Her eyes snapped open, as his voice rang out from the beach, "Kitty! Come now! We don't have all day!" That's when her eyes widened, and she noticed that they had a Shirshu with them. Stunned, she hissed to her friends, "They have a Shirshu." She knew what it felt like to be hit by its tongue. Immediately, she gathered out her water whip, encased with ice, her usual tactic. Kitty eyed Rhino, Sachi and Dairou, before speaking, "They left only a few men, judging by Kaku's voice, he's on the boat, which means there can't be more than 4 or 5 men out here." Suddenly, a large cage slammed around the group. It was rock, laced with metal. Kitty yelped, and dodged some boulders which were heading for Sachi. Frowning, she wrapped her water whip around one, and spun, hurling it towards another man. Suddenly, the Shirshu climbed up over it, lashing its tongue out, sniffing the air with its nose. Backing up, she noticed her ribbon in its rider's hand, and a smug look on his face. Immediately, she froze a bit of her water whip off, and lashed out at the Shirshu, as its tongue flew at her. The tongue was frozen half-way up, making the large animal cry and fall back.}

[Alastar]

Dairou reacted to the boulders. He pulled so much water from the air it was almost poison to him. He didn't care, he was going to stand up for his friends. He twisted around and threw a whirlpool at them. "I left home because I didn't want to become the next in line for the throne and I wanted to help those who have lost more then I have." he told Kitty. As the whirlpool continued it crushed one of the boats and knocked one of them in the water.