The Friend, The Student, The Hated ((Katon/Open))

[.:|FiresFury|:.]

Sano slept. Harder then he had ever slept before. He was in a deep slumber that almost not even the biggest Rhino-Hippo could shake him from. His eyes were gently closed and he his lips were ever so parted just in the slightest bit. The wind blew through the trees and blew waves through the thick lush green grass that he had bedded in. It was almost as though he was sleeping on a cloud.

He had been sleeping all day when he opened his eyes slowly staring into the vast and endless blue horizon that was the sky. There were blots of clouds sprinkled across the sky. This place was truly soothing...truly....peaceful. His arms were braced under his head hands locked. He then took them and reached for the sky and then let them fall off to the sides. "Hmph....So far away....something so...un-attainable. Most intriguing." He said as he thought about how it felt to fly. He thought of the Air Benders he knew. Aiden was one of the most skilled ones he knew and that man ran as fast as the wind and could leap hundreds of feet.

He then noticed something...this was the one place...the only place that he had been able to find so far, that his memories didn't plague him. The demons that scratched and clawed at his dreams and thoughts were abolished when he was here. His mind was quite and tranquil. His thoughts were not screaming at him when he laid here. He found himself to begin falling in love with this place. It was somewhere, that his feelings and thoughts were his own. Somewhere where his inner demons and anger did not tear at his insides fighting to be unleashed.

He sat up then hugging his knees to his chest and looked out over the bay out into the deep blue ocean and wondered just how far away his home was. He pondered about a great many things while sitting there, he thought about the past without bringing up the anger that welled within him so deep. He thought of his friends.....he thought of Aerith. At that moment he shook the thought of her away. That was something he couldn't attack in his mind....not even here....not yet.

As he pushed that away he felt to his left to make sure that his weapon was still close at hand and felt it. He then heard a sound come from somewhere behind him. This was a place that not even he felt on edge. He worried about almost nothing and didn't even take the sound as a danger, he simply just sat there, and let himself get lost in the sea.

[daisuke]

What a smack to the face. Daisuke found himself arriving to Chameleon Bay with a relaxing sensation running through his veins. It was like his body and mind felt under a smooth comforting zone of the environment almost like it instantly adapted with the temperature and breeze from the air. This would be the perfect opportunity for a nap, don't you think? It was about time. He's been wandering through the village with no actual goal on what he should do or who he should seek out on learning more basic skills on his firebender ability. "Looks like I found myself a new hangout spot."

[/i] He found himself some a single tree covered with shade, to be his spot to get a little bit of nap in. Resting his back up against it, he allowed the breeze rustle itself against his fabric and hair in a relaxing matter, giving him more of that sleeping feeling. This was the life right about now.

Closing his eyes for a brief moment, he went under his nap phase. Nothing was disturbing him at this point. This was one of his light sleeps. Any type of movement or noise could wake him up out of his slumber. Nobody didn't need to poke him to wake up because this nap was most definitely needed when you have a mentally of traveling on your own without no rest or sleep in your system. The nap became a deep sleep, that also became a dream. "M-m-m-master?"[/i] Daisuke's words stammered over each other as he stood before the elderly man that once died in the hands of his brother. "I thought you were dead?" The joy overwhelm his insides at the sight of the elderly man. He looked at him like another father in some sort, but he would never admit that of course. "I may be dead, but I'm always with you in spirit. I can't leave you walking around with no type of guidance on what to do next. You already know what I expect from you, so why are you resting it away napping? That's waste of time. Wake up." The elderly man clunked Daisuke across his head with his staff. "Ow.." Daisuke woke up rubbing his head after a small coconut felt on his forehead from a silly squirrel. "Damn Squirrels." Dai mumbled under his breath.

"Eh, who the hell is that old man to tell me what I can do on my spare time?"[/i] He narrow eyed that little dream that was possibly a sign. Daisuke closed his eyes again to continue his nap slumber, falling back into his light sleep. Let's try that again without anymore interruptions from that silly old man and any other thing nature has to offer. All he wanted to rest and relax. Was that so hard to let him do? If anybody wanted to wake him up, it better be for something relevant at the most.[/color][/size][/center]

[nightstalker]

Katon walked beside Nyla, the little Drake was very happy as she swallowed a rabbit she had caught whole. They stopped to rest beside a brook. Katon took the time to fill up his water supply; he got a metal cup and heated up the water within to kill any germs or parasites. Katon quickly bended the heat out of the cup and filled up a water skin. Nyla gorged herself with water and snapped at a fish. The little drake was blue with intense yellow eyes. Nyla had a spiked tail and a row of spikes that ran along her spine. Her claws were razor sharp and her scales glinted in the sun when she was clean. A gentle breeze blew through their resting place disturbing the top of the trees and refreshing Katon with its cold touch. Katon had decided to stay away from the trails to keep Nyla out of sight.

Nyla had taken to resting and Katon looked at her and said ”You get some sleep, you have the right idea.” Katon laid down on the ground watching the clouds go by. He was restless and decided to train while Nyla slept. He decided to practice his new technique that he called ‘death touch’. He stood facing a tree and gathered energy within his hands. He struck the tree head on and poured heat into it. Within an instant of touching the tree its surface blistered and singed. Katon’s whole purpose of the technique was to use it on a human and if he hit vital organs kill them or injure them. Katon used trees as an example because of their bark and their weakness to fire and heat. However, the attack needed more precision; the kind of precision that he lacked. To be able to pour heat into something, but only the necessary amount to wound or kill the enemy. The control that Katon lacked caused him to pour a large amount of heat that did penetrate to the core of the tree but left him really tired. This attack at the stage that he was at would only be useful if he had the enemy and there was only one person he was against. If he did this to one person hitting the right vital point would kill them, but if he missed then it would be over for him; which is why he needed more control, so that he put only the exact amount of heat to kill them or paralyze them without wasting all of his energy. At the stage Katon was at now he would by no means be able to paralyze an opponent due to the lack of control.

Katon used to not be able to reach the core of the tree, but with more training he was able to reach the core and kill the tree. It was moreover over kill rather than just the right amount. Katon took his hand away from the tree, a burned hole where his middle finger had collided with the tree pouring heat into it. A circle of blistered and ashen wood was around the epicenter of the tree. Katon fell back and lay near the tree and watched the clouds go by. Katon was very short on breath and his chest heaved greatly as sweat beaded down his forehead. All of his energy zapped within less than a second, but the tree would die.

Katon got away from the tree remembering when he hit a tree once with all the force he had, it was the first time he made it to the core and the tree collapsed. After about two hours of rest Katon had most of his energy back. Katon got up and Nyla got up with him in an instant. The two set off going through brush following game trails leading to a meadow. Katon emerged from the underbrush and happened upon a man looking in the exact opposite direction. Katon was puzzled and didn’t know what to make of the find, he didn’t expect to find anyone this far away from the actual road. ”Why… Hello there?” Katon said with a little amusement added in his tone.

[.:|FiresFury|:.]

Deep in his senses his body could hear the sound of some sort of training in the background not to far away but his brain at the time was off in the distance. He heard the rustling of the bushes behind him and he turned his body slightly to acknowledge the appearance of a young man behind hi, as he spoke.

He greeted his him with a tinge of question in his voice. Not the most polite way to make a appearance but it worked. Sano nodded his head towards the man and spoke as well, "Greetings" he said softly as he tilted his head slightly at the sight of the dragon hatching. He turned and stood up intrigued at the creature.

He never had the opportunity to see one up close but he had always heard stories from the Elders and seen paintings of them. He was in awe of such a beautiful creature that was standing before him at this very moment. He knelt down in front of it and looked into its eyes then looked back up at the man.

"So....is this astonishing creature yours?" he asked. "You are very lucky to be accompanied by one of the most rare and graceful beings on this planet." he pointed out to the man. "May i?..." he asked holding out a hand to it.

He forgot at that moment that he was the Fire Lord of the Burning Legion. He forgot that he killed so many with his own hands. If this man found out who he really knew, little did Sanosuke know that there wouldn't be very many kind words passed between the two for the most part and probably worse.

[nightstalker]

Katon stepped farther out of the brush with Nyla following closely behind him. The man stood up and greeted Katon with a confused manner. Katon had to admit that he himself was a bit confused of this traveler sitting out in the open for no apparent reason. Katon looked over the man who had very spiky brown hair and deep blue eyes, he had a tattoo on the lower right side of his stomach, and he wore a silk cloth that went around his upper body.
Katon noticed that the man’s eyes were not staring at him, but at Nyla who resonated a low growl as Katon made to shush her by slightly tapping her neck with his foot. Nyla looked up at him and he shook his head gesticulating for her to stop. Nyla did so but her eyes were locked upon the man in front of them. Katon remembered that he had met Nyla, such a long time ago-or so it seemed- however it was just a couple of months ago. Katon snapped out of the memory and noticed that the man was leaning down close to Nyla. ’Oh God… Oh God, please don’t bite him..’ Katon thought. Nyla let out a low growl, the ’The curious little dragon really doesn’t like strangers…’ Katon kneeled down by Nyla and whispered into her ear, ”Stop, it’s ok girl, he hasn’t drawn a sword or tried to kill us; I would say that is a good start, wouldn’t you?” Katon did this while stroking her neck, smiling as she calmed down. "So....is this astonishing creature yours? You are very lucky to be accompanied by one of the most rare and graceful beings on this planet.” He pointed to Nyla and said, ”May i?" Katon hesitated an uneasy feeling rising up within him as Nyla seemed to step back and tense her muscles. Katon nudged her again and said while petting her ”I prefer to refer to her as my companion not that I own her. And….. Yes you can pet her.”
As the man reached out to pet her Katon sighed with relief as her touched her and she didn’t seem to mind, although her muscles were still slightly tensed Katon scratched her neck and she seemed to back down. Katon looked at the man again and said, ”Her name is Nyla, my friend and I found her back in the Burning Legion…. My name is Katon, what is yours?” Katon had always been eager to meet new people, although this man did seem to be a little familiar; after several seconds of thinking Katon dismissed it as just a coincidence or his imagination.

[.:|FiresFury|:.]

Sano watched the facial features of the man as he spoke and watched his mouth move picking up few words as his head was turned. He could tell that he seemed at least a tad bit anxious. Probably because some odd man was walking up to the two of them and he didn't want his dragon friend to attack him.

He nodded his head at the comment that the man referred the dragon as a friend not a item. He respected that. Many men believed that just because there was a species or item of less civilized that we can just choose to dominate them and put them into our control, such as dog-lions.

He graciously bowed his head to the man as he allowed him to pet the beast named Nyla. He stoked its neck and marveled at the sheer amazingness that was a dragon, even in its young form. He could feel the tension in the Dragons body ready to make a move in case he had tried anything.

He stood up after about a minute feeling accomplished and crossed his arms in front of him as he listened to the man. His eyes then grew as he heard him say that he had found his companion in the Burning Legion.

"Wow....i had no idea that these rare creatures took a home in my c....homeland." he said biting back on the word country. He didn't really need someone knowing that he was the current reagent of the Burning Legion. At least not yet. "The names Sanosuke." he said bowing his head once more. "What would happen to bring one as yourself to these parts of the lands?" he asked sincerilly.

[nightstalker]

Katon was still nervous that Nyla would attack, however she proved him wrong as the stranger stood up and looked upon Nyla and amazement. When Katon told him that he had found Nyla within the burning legion the man was so excited that he seemed to be stumbling over his words. Katon found out that the man’s name was Sanosuke, within that moment that nagging doubt set in again that this man was familiar, but he decided that it was just his imagination. Katon thought’Wow, another person from the Burning Legion, all the way out here; probably just wants to see the world.’

Katon was awaken form his thoughts when Sanosuke asked him what brought him here, Katon replied; graciously bowing ”My name is Katon, and I am here to…. Travel the world, get out of the Burning Legion and see new sights.” Katon pointed at Sanosuke and continued, ”And meet new people. Plus I wanted to get out of some trouble with some hunters I had run into. Altogether it worked out!” Katon said joyously. Then came that awkward moment after the introduction happened where he could not find what to say, Katon went on to say, ”The only thing is that, I miss my friends back in the Burning Legion… One was a water bender, his name was Koi; we got into so many crazy adventures, part of it was escaping the hunters. Then there was this time in the marketplace… God you would have had to have been there to see it… I remember how we met up; it brought our whole group together.”Katon paused and sighed, ” although, there was some turmoil within my group of friends… Partial stupidity and immaturity from both sides…” Katon remembered sorrowfully what happened back home with Jia, Lena, Koi, and Ary… He shook himself, ”I miss them so much…” Katon lifted up his head and looked down as Nyla muzzled his leg and he leaned down to scratch behind his ear. ”But all that is past, so what about you? Did you leave many important people behind? Anyone that you miss in particular?”Katon said kind of poking fun at Sanosuke.
Katon sat down as he let Sanosuke talk and Nyla curled herself halfway around him. Katon could tell that she decided that since he was comfortable with Sanosuke that she would be also. Katon was happy that she decided to trust him and not want to bite the man.

[.:|FiresFury|:.]

Sano could feel the mans worry and thoughts. From the look on his face and in his eyes he could tell that the man was worried that the creature would possibly attack him. So he purposely didn't make any sudden movements and always made moves that were in the animals vision.

He listened to the mans words and nodded his head agreeing to him on many levels. To see sights, to get away from home. It is a concept that not one that every person can hope to achieve. The beautiful landscape that is this place is somewhere that not everyone will have the opportunity to lay their eyes upon and it was a sad thing in a sense.

Sano's eyebrows perked up at the mention of hunters. He despised the bastards. They always tried to destroy what was marvelous and use it to personal gain. The world would be better without them. "And i am glad to hear that you made it away from the safely" he said bowing his head slightly.

This man had some really meaningful things to tell. He began about his friends and how they came together and Sano just sat and listened. It reminded him of how he met all of his friends, his family. And then came the thoughts of how they were destroyed. But he shook those away for god knows how many times.

He then looked up at him and watched him sit down in the emerald fresh green grass. He smiled as he asked him the question, "Why yes....i did. I left all of my friends, who are basically my family. Aiden, Zek Varoen......Ryumo. All of them. But they know ill be back. Right now they are all busy with their own business. We see each other from time to time but never as much as we used to......but hopefully when the world calms down and stops being angry at us we can all go back to our own happiness" he said seriously smiling a bit as he spoke.

"So......are you perhaps possibly a bender my friend?" he asked with interest.