Avery
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|  Basics! Avery Age: 30 Birthdate: December 19th Gender: Female Sexuality: Heterosexual Clan: Uchiha Rank: Jounin S-Rank | Former Kage Village: Kurayamigakure no Sato Element(s): Katon | Fuuton | Enton Specialties: Ninjutsu | Fuuinjutsu | Kenjutsu Special Characteristics:Name: Enton (Smoke Release - 煙遁) Type: Advanced Element Requirements: Katon || Fuuton Ability Tier: 2 Minimum Rank: Special Jounin (B) Description: Smoke release allows its users to control and manipulate smoke for effects, whether offensive or defensive. Generally speaking, the target must inhale or otherwise come in contact with the smoke for it to be effective; at which point it can act as anything from a poison to a hallucinogen to a toxic material. Contact with flesh can cause all manner of effect; the most common of which are chemical and/or poison burns, illusion creations, etc. Unlock Requirements: / Special Training Requirements: / Appearance!
Height: 5 Foot 5 Inches Weight: 120 Pounds Hair Color: Light Pink Eye Color: Gold General Description: Avery stands a bit shorter than the average female her age; five feet five inches tall. She weighs in at one hundred and twenty pounds. Her form is slender and yet athletic; soft curves and a slight hour glass figure helping to enhance her feminine appearance. Her bust is D cup in size, only enhancing her figure further. Avery's skin is lightly tanned and she has a tattooo that goes across her forehead and down her right eye. Her hair is pink in color and when worn down goes to her waist; though she prefers to keep it up in a ponytail with long bangs kept down and framing her face. She wears little to no make-up as her naturally soft pink lips and thick black eyelashes enhance her face beautifully. The only thing she tends to bother with is nail polish; she normally keeps her decently lengthed fingernails painted black. Avery's normal attire consists of a pair of black short shorts and a low cut camisole styled top. A robe is worn over top of this which is also lowcut, revealing a good bit of cleavage. The top half of this robe is black in color and changes to white towards the end as well as the sleeves. There are several red symbols on this robe; her father's family symbol. To keep the robe closed Avery also wears a red obi around the center, tied in the front. On her feet she wears flat soled black open toed shinobi sandals. About You! - Personality:
Bubbly is one word that seriously describes Avery's personality. While not exactly hyper, she does love to be on the move. She constantly has a smile on her face, and a gleam in her eyes. She radiates happiness more than most people could ever dream, and loves nothing more than to see others happy themselves.
She's likewise a good listener and problem solver. Nothing makes her happier than listening to the problems of others and then doing her best to help them to come up with solutions to get rid of the issue.
She's also a very loving and friendly individual: she's not above hugging those she knows when she sees them, on the job or not. There's no such thing as a "personal bubble" when Avery's around - at least, not in the sense of when it comes to hugs and being hugged.
Avery is also a hard worker: she was taught from a young age to work for what she wants, and to allow nothing to stand in her way - leading also to her high amount of determination.
On the flip side Avery's personality does have a dark side: she has lost friends and family due to the incidents in her life, and because of that when Avery gets truly angry or when someone threatens someone that she cares about she can show a completely different and far darker side to herself. She becomes almost sadistic: determined to end the threat by any means necessary, and if the threat has already harmed that friend or loved one? She's always more than willing to return the favor seven fold.
Above all of that though Avery is a peaceful, free spirit: she loves wide open spaces, fun, and happiness. She's the type of person never content with staying still, or staying in one place for very long unless there's a good reason to keep her there (such as her friends and loved ones being in a specific location).
There is nothing that a Tatsumaki likes more than clean fresh air and wide open spaces. Modern technology tends to taint the air, and because of this most Tatsumaki like to keep towards older villages, or otherwise live on the outskirts of more modern places as to avoid the taint in the air, since they can smell it and sense it far more than the average person. Avery is no exception to this.
Avery also enjoys art: bright colors, chaos, or peace, she's not very picky. She enjoys to see what the minds of others are able to create, and would be rather pleased to spend hours upon hours in Museums and art galleries.
Avery also enjoys food: while not a heavy eater she does enjoy trying at least every dish she can get her hands on at least once. She prefers spicy or sweet things the most, though - but, she's willing to try everything at least once.
She also enjoys just spending time outdoors in general: either taking a hike, going climbing, or just relaxing in a park, if she's outside then she's likely very, very happy, especially if surrounded by friends.
Closed in spaces go hand in hand with both her dislikes and her fears. There's nothing worse for Avery then being cooped up inside of some building, or worse, underground, with little access to natural sunlight and fresh, clean, outside air. It's the equivalent to a Tatsumaki as someone being trapped underwater for a long period of time: uncomfortable to say the least, and something she avoids as much as possible.
Avery also dislikes those who abuse their power: she's been in situations in the past where she was up against the "bow down and worship me" types, and there's almost nothing on the earth that she hates worse then having to deal with someone like that. If the situation cannot be avoided, she usually tends to lash out against them, or otherwise act extremely defiant.
Finally, Avery dislikes uniforms: she prefers to wear her own style and dress her own way - while willing to conform to certain dress codes (such as the length of a skirt, ect), she still likes to keep her own style and have her own way of doing things and dressing.
Ah yes, motivations. What motivates a Tatsumaki? In times of old it would be going to the sanctuary and worshiping, or giving thanks for their bountiful blessings. But in these times things are not so simple: while the basic motivations are the same such as the need to help and protect family and friends, there are deeper, more hidden and personal motivations.
For Avery her greatest motivation would have to be to avoid situations like those in her past: she aims to become strong so that she can keep the history from ever being able to repeat itself again. Never again will she allow herself to be trapped in some place, stuck obeying orders and acting like a drone, just to keep herself alive and well.
The fear of death for a Tatsumaki isn't really a fear at all: the majority of her clan despite being as scattered and out of place as they are feel that there is something else after death, some lovely paradise waiting for them. They likewise feel the same when it comes to pain; as they believe that if one focuses enough that they can over come and eventually block out the pain.
But, that doesn't mean that the Tatsumaki do not fear other things, and Avery is no exception. When she was younger she was sent to a /school/, which acted more as a prison than a place for her to actually learn. She eventually, with the help of some great friends, escaped the place. But, that doesn't meant that the idea of going back to a hell hole like that doesn't scare the hell out of her and make her skin crawl.
Because of that fear, and the way that building was, she fears closed in spaces. Any building with a lack of windows or fresh air causes an almost freak out reaction that will not end easily: at least not unless a friend who lived through the experience she has lived through arrives to comfort her, or she's removed from the situation that is causing the problem.
- History:
- The Story:
"Gram, got what you asked for.", Avery shouted through the house, wondering exactly where the old woman had wondered off to this time. She walked through first the living room and then into the dining room and kitchen combo. Nothing to see here. Sighing, Avery sat down the bag of groceries and placed her hands on her hips. She couldn't hear any creaking of floorboards that would signal her grandmother being upstairs, infact the house was completely quiet. 'This is weird.', she thought to herself as she looked around. No note, no sort of indication, so unlike her grandmother.
"Heads up!", came the shout from the elderly female voice. Avery twirled, hand moving out infront of her, a jet of air shooting out from her palm and blasting the three glass plates that had been launched at her clear out of the air, shattering them into the walls. She moved herself into a fighting stance, knowing more was sure to follow.
"For being such an old lady you sure do move fast as hell...", Avery muttered, white gaze darting this way and that as she searched for the smallest trace of where her grandmother could've concealed herself. Three more plates came from her left and she deflected them in much the same manner as the first set. She moved her form slowly in a circle, waiting and watching. There came three more, this time from behind her. She twirled, sinking down into a crouch as she sent another blast of air to deflect this set. "Really, is all this necessary?"
"Absolutely, have to keep you on your toes.", came her grandmother's voice from behind Avery. Avery turned, watching as her grandmother limped her way into the kitchen and leaning heavily on the staff the old woman always carried.
Avery pulled the chair out for her grandmother at the island counter before moving over to the bag of groceries and beginning to empty the contents and place them into their correct place. She'd just placed the bag back where it belonged when she received a sharp rap right to the back of her head. Flinching she rubbed the top of her head, turning to her grandmother. "What was that for?!"
"You said a bad word earlier. I might be old, but I'm not senile.", her grandmother chuckled, having placed herself in the chair Avery had pulled out.
"Great.. now I'm going to have a lump for the next week..."
"It'll be a reminder to watch your language. You're a young lady, not a barbarian."
Avery just rolled her eyes. There was no point in arguing with the old lady, there was no winning against her. Avery knew, she'd tried several times only to give up and end up walking away feeling a bit confused about the whole ordeal.
"Now, tell me Avery, have you found what you've been searching for?"
Avery went over to the freezer, opening it and pulling out one of the well used ice packs. She then sat herself down at the counter, a good ways from her grandmother incase she decided anymore whacking was in order. She leaned herself forward on one arm while using the hand of the other to keep the ice pack on the back of her head. "Who said I'm looking for something, gram?"
Her grandmother chuckled and just shook her head. "You cannot fool this old lady, Avery. Ever since you came back from the horrid place and found me you've done nothing more then look out those windows like you're hoping to find something or someone. You go running out the house at random when whatever catches your eye does only to return disappointed, child. You, my dear, are searching for something. Now, why don't you tell gram about it and maybe I can help, dear."
Avery sighed, she knew deep down that this day was going to come. Nothing got past her grandmother, nothing ever had. With a sigh she slumped herself forward, resting her chin on her arms now folded and resting on the counter before her, the ice pack sitting on the top of her head on its own. "I dunno, gram... I miss my friends.."
"Aw, dear. I'm sure you'll find them. It's only been a few months, you must give these things time. If you don't find them I'm sure they'll find you. Have patience, dear."
Avery sighed again and just turned her head to the side, staring out the window once more and allowing the ice pack to slip from her head onto the counter. "I thought that was what you were going to say..."
"If they're around here they will find you, Ave. I know you don't want to wait, I understand you miss them, but sometimes things take time for a reason."
Avery smirked, lifting her head up again. "Yeah, because everyone knows about the crazy flying lady here..."
Avery's grandmother looked at her with perfect innocence on her face. "Well it's not like I'm supposed to walk... I'm frail, and old, and I give out easily. Must easier to fly."
Avery just snorted and shook her head. "Whatever you say, old lady."
THWACK! came the staff, only this time Avery'd been expecting it and catch the thing before dodging herself away from another attempt and escaping out the door, laughing. Before getting too far she heard her grandmother chuckle and utter the words of "You have to come back sometime and when you do I'll be waiting, Avery."
Chuckling, Avery grabbed the smaller version of the staff her grandmother had and took off down the street heading towards the cliffs that lined the sea, further out and way from most of the majority of the towns people.
Glancing around for a moment she then slipped her hand up the shaft, flicking the small and almost unseeable switch which cause the glider's wings to slide out. Taking another glance she then took off at a run, heading straight towards the cliffs. Positioning herself perfect she took off right before hitting the edge. Instead of plummeting into the rocky ocean below she soared through the air, laughing as the feeling of pure freedom swept over her, allowing her mind to clear of all the doubt and worry as she focused souly on being free in the air. As she glided around she looked down at the ocean below her, spotting a small ship that was just coming into port...
Avery swooped down towards the small boat and then back up into the air. She'd seen many boats before, this was a fishing village after all. But this one was different. It was far too small to be one of the varies net fishing boats, in fact it looked rather small for any sort of fishing. It looked instead exactly like the sort of boat that would carry passengers on it. 'Why are people coming here?', Avery thought to herself. 'There's nothing here at all. Must be a family member of someone.'
"Avery! There's a storm coming, child. Come inside!" Avery looked towards the voice, spotting her grandmother standing on one of the many cliffs. She looked once more towards the small boat that was just now tethering itself to the dock, people coming up from below to disembark. With a sigh she glided herself over to the cliffs and once above them closed the glider and with a light push of air around her form allowed herself to safely hit the ground.
"Gram, there's not a cloud in the sky."
"It's coming, I can feel it in my old bones."
Once again, no point in arguing with the woman, if anything it'd only gain her another whack with that staff she always had. So, instead of arguing she just followed her grandmother back up the path leading to their small home. "Gram, why would people be coming here?", she asked suddenly.
"I'm not sure, child. Maybe they know someone in the village. I wouldn't pay it much mind, dear."
Avery glanced back at the path that led to the docks, but it'd be too soon for anyone to have made it up that hill this far, especially with having to grab luggage and other such belongings. It took only a matter of moments to reach their home, her grandmother moving far faster then regular old lady should. Reaching their home Avery paused, staring up at the old place.
"Gram, I'm going to go out back... practice for a little while. If I see or hear the storm coming then I'll come in, 'kay?"
Her grandmother turned towards her, staring at her for a moment before nodding. "Alright, dear. Don't overdo it." The elderly lady then reached up inside her sleeve of all places and pulled out a scroll, handing it to Avery who took it with a shocked expression. "I found this at my old home.. use it wisely, and don't aim for the house." With that she shuffled herself inside and closed the door.
Avery headed around back, leaning her glider against the outer wall of the house. With scroll in hand she headed for the center of the rather large yard. Sitting Indian style in the grass she unrolled the scroll infront of her and sat there, staring at it. It was definitely old, and from the look of the technique, definitely dangerous. She ran her fingertips gently over the scroll, memorizing the information. When finished she rolled the scroll back up and placed it safely off to the side, her hands curled into fists and she placed her knuckles together, taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling she slipped into a meditative state, prepared to meditate on the information before practicing it.
After nearly an hour of sitting in the same position Avery reopened her eyes. Taking a deep breath and exhaling she allowed the air around her to lift her form up and off the ground, moving while doing so from a sitting to a stand position. Once in a standing position she lowered herself to the ground, white gaze searching for a potential target for what she was about to attempt. It didn't take but a moment to spot the small air filled ball that had been kicked into their yard and left there, probably forgotten, months ago. 'That'll work.', she thought to herself.
Using the air itself she pushed the ball up and over to her. Placing one hand below the ball and the other ontop, both palms facing the ball she allowed the thing to seemingly hover without touching. Focusing she began to spin the air around the ball, allowing it to rotate the ball as it went. Faster and faster all while the ball kept its same perfect sphere shape. As the ball moved faster the air currents spread out, causing Avery's dark hair to blow around, along with her shirt. She kept going until the ball was achieving the speed she wanted it to. She then threw the thing up into the air, using the air to push herself right up after it. Farther and farther up until both her and the violently rotating ball were even. She then sent her leg out, kicking it while releasing a great deal of air from her kick itself, sending the ball shooting straight towards the line of trees a good five hundred yards out. It went through the first two trees before losing momentum thanks to the rubber ball breaking. The entire thing took a matter of five seconds or so. She then allowed herself to lower, safely to the ground, air rippling through her clothing as she landed.
"Sweet!", Avery heard a female voice exclaim behind her.
Turning sharply Avery spotted them, the three friends she'd made while at that horrible academy. A grin spread ear to ear as Avery all but skipped herself over to them, her speed picking up and causing her to go from the complete opposite side of the yard she'd been on over to where her friends were in a matter of two bounds.
Her arms spread out and she latched herself onto the black and green haired female, hugging her tightly. "I missed you guys so much!"
Marquetta hugged her back, chuckling. "We missed you, too."
Finally releasing Marquetta she gave a brief hug to the two young gentlemen with her. Her gaze then darted to her grandmother who had joined the group out on the back porch. "Gram, I'm sure you remember Marquetta. These two are Arawn.." She inclined her head to the water bender. ".. And Houjin." She then inclined her head to the fire bender.
"Well it's nice to meet all of you, Avery's been impatiently waiting for you to find her." With a chuckle her grandmother disappeared back into the house, calling over her shoulder, "Dinner will be ready in ten minutes!" before closing the door behind her.
Avery looked skyward, rolling her eyes about her grandmothers comment. "Sometimes... her bluntness is so not needed.", Avery muttered.
Arawn unstrapped the gourd of water from his back, placing it down on the porch before sitting himself next to it on the steps. Houjin meanwhile took to leaning against one of the many posts that held up the porch's roof nearby Arawn. Marquetta stood behind Avery, her chin resting on Avery's shoulder as her arms wrapped around her waist, her usual cuddly self.
Avery, still grinning, wrapped her arms over Marquetta's. "Not that I'm not super thrilled that you guys are here, but how exactly did you find me?" An eyebrow raised at the end of her question as she then tilted her head gently to the side and rested it against Marquetta's.
Arawn looked to Houjin who then in turn looked back. Arawn shrugged and Houjin turned his gaze to Avery. "Well, we found Mar by accident. She was searching for you, too. She'd ruled out all of your old homes you'd lived at, and then said something about remembering your grandmother had had a place out by some port." Houjin then shrugged. "We started searching them, then we heard rumors about some flying old lady and Mar said that it definitely sounded like your grandmother. So, here we are."
Marquetta gave her a squeeze of a hug as Avery heard her grandmother shouting about dinner being done from inside. "Well, after all that you guys must be starving, come on. I'm sure my grandmother's made enough for everyone, and she's an excellent cook." With that she led the group inside and over to the island counter where they sat on the many provided stools.
Mar meanwhile took it upon herself to begin helping Gram with the serving and plating until everyone had something to eat and she returned back to her seat, right next to Avery. "Ave.. what happened when you got out?", Mar asked curiously.
Avery paused, looking to her grandmother who just gave a nod of some sort of approval before Avery looked to the group as a whole. "Well, when we finally got out of there and split up I started searching for Gram. I didn't know what had happened to her, and had had no idea of where she could be." She sighed softly. "I didn't have much luck the first week or so of searching, then one night.. I had this dream. It wasn't like a normal one.. weird, really. I was in my spirit form but had had no idea how I had managed to get like that. I was just floating across the land and sea, floating right to this place." Avery shrugged then. "When I got here in my dream I saw Gram just standing on the cliffs and heard her say 'Avery, it's time to come home now, child' like she used to when I was younger. So.. I decided to go for it and headed here, which is where I found her."
Houjin and Arawn were staring at her curiously, the food on their plates half touched as they'd stopped eating towards the end of her story. Mar however was eating like she'd never seen food before, but between bites managed to get out "I didn't know you could do that.".
Avery squirmed slightly in her chair as she met Mar's slightly accusing gaze. "Well, honestly, I don't like to do it. I knew I could go into the spirit world like that but it's not safe. It leaves my body entirely unprotected unless I specifically tell someone what I'm doing and allow them to guard me, or hide myself very well. Let alone the spirit world isn't exactly safe in itself, and I can't air bend there, either. So, it's just not something I like to do unless I have good reason. But that... I dunno what that was honestly. The weirdest part is that Gram shared the dream with me. When I told her how I found her she told me she'd had the same dream, only from her side of it." Avery shook her head. "Gram's been looking back, finding anything ancient she can get her hands on to try and figure out what it's all about, but we've come up empty handed so far."
Houjin continued to look at her curiously.
Arawn on the other hand just smirked and shook his head. "You get weirder every day, air head."
Gram chuckled as if that was the funniest thing she'd heard all day, which caused Avery to give her grandmother a half hearted glare.
Mar meanwhile just rolled her eyes, having finished off her plate. "This coming from you, seaweed brain?"
Gram laughed even harder, dabbing at her eyes with a small piece of cloth. "Oh, I like them, Ave. You should've warned me your friends were so funny."
Avery just shook her head, taking a bite of her food in the mean time, her white gaze darting to the window as a dark and nasty storm cloud began to roll in, lightning flashing and thunder booming in the distance. "Guess those old bones of yours were right, Gram."
Houjin looked towards Arawn. "We should get going if we're going to get into town before this hits, I don't know how many rooms that inn had available."
Gram shook her head. "Nonsense. You're more then welcome to stay here, besides that place will rob you blind and the food's not very good. We've got more then enough room for everyone." Gram then stood up, grabbed Arawn's empty plate, filled it, and set it down in front of him again. "There you are, dear." She then proceeded to walk off down the hall where the nearest closet was and dig through it.
Arawn, blinking, looked from Gram's back to his plate of food and then back to Avery. Avery grinned, "My Gram gets... feelings.. about things. I stopped questioning it a long time ago."
"Mm, well I was still hungry.", he said before digging in again. "Man your grandmother can cook.."
"I've left a pile of blankets here on the couch. Mar I'm sure you'll want to share Avery's room with her. The couch folds out for you boys, and it's very comfortable.", Gram said softly as she came back into the kitchen. "I'm going to go for a while, but I'll be back later. I have a hunch I might know where to find out some more stuff. Avery, lock up, I have my keys, dear." With that Gram hobbled herself out, once more with that large staff she always carried.
Avery looked at her group of friends and motioned for them to join her in the living room. Once there she sprawled herself out in one of the many chairs, Mar quickly joining her in the same chair, sitting on her lap.
"Is it safe for Gram to go out by herself like that, Ave?" Mar asked.
Avery watched as both Houjin and Arawn sprawled themselves out on a couch. "She's more then capable of handling herself. I pity anyone who tries messing with that woman, Mar."
Mar giggled. "Does she still beat people with that stick?"
Avery flinched in remembrance and rubbed her head where she'd been whacked earlier. "Yeah... she definitely still does that."
Arawn laughed. "She got you, didn't she?"
THWACK! went the staff across Arawn's head. "I forgot something.. and now you've been got, too!" Gram said from the doorway before she disappeared up the stairs and out of sight.
Everyone remained silent as they listened to the creaking of floorboards that signified the old woman moving around upstairs.
Gram came back down the steps before hobbling herself out the front door.
Avery blinked a few times before looking towards Arawn. "Heh, fancy that... she likes you."
Arawn only stared for a moment before, "That's how she shows she likes someone?! I don't even want to think of what she does if she loves someone, or scratch that, hates them!"
Mar laughed.
Houjin just smiled a ghost of a smile while shaking his head.
"Well, if you're me she at random throws glass dishes to keep you on your toes. Or, if she thinks you're really out of practice she throws knives among other sharp or very heavy objects."
Arawn was for the moment speechless.
Houjin gave a light chuckle. "Well, I can see how she's showing she cares, albeit in a very twisted way, but still."
Avery shrugged. She then lifted Mar's form up and off of her lap using a gently gust of air. She slipped out from beneath her and then placed her lightly back into the chair.
She moved over to the fireplace, a small draft of cold air coming through the old house began to pick up. She pulled a few more fresh logs from the pile and added them to the dwindling amount there. Standing up she replaced the safety grate and turned. A small jet of fire shot from the couch and to the logs, igniting them instantly.
Avery looked towards Houjin with a smile. "Thanks, saves me the trouble of having to figure out where Gram hid the lighters."
Mar looked over, black eyebrow raised in question. "She doesn't still try and light you on fire, does she?"
Houjin raised a brow in curiosity now while Arawn muttered, "Crazy lady..."
Avery shook her head, smiling slightly. "No, she gave up on it. These days I won't even let the lighter actually light. Frustrates her something fierce."
Houjin shook his head. "Your grandmother used to try and light you on fire?"
Avery shrugged, now placing herself on Mar's lap and sprawling out comfortably. "Light me on fire, drown me in large buckets of water... Hell, she used to convince Mar to pelt me with large chunks of earth when we were younger."
Mar giggled. "She paid me with those delicious chocolate chip cookies of hers."
Avery snorted. "Good to know you were swayed by cookies."
Mar laughed, wrapping her arms around Avery's waist, hugging her tightly. "Aww, don't be like that, you know I love you."
Avery could only shake her head with a smile. "She had a reason for it all, though, I guess. She wanted me as prepared as I could get with every situation. Other then Mar we didn't know any other benders about my age for me to train with. So, she did what she could to get me ready."
Houjin nodded. "Understandable."
Arawn just shook his head again.
A booming knock on the door turned all four of their attention to the thick wooden front door. Eyebrow raised Avery lifted herself up and off of Mar's lap. Landing lightly she then walked over to the door, hand held out to it despite her not moving to open it. "Who's there?"
"Miss Avery, your grandmother needs you! It's an emergency, please hurry!", came the panicked voice from the other side.
With those words Avery didn't hesitate anymore and using her other hand opened the door to reveal the drenched old man on the other side. "What's going on?"
"There are people, they're trying to take your grandmother, down by the docks!"
Avery took off into the down pour, lightning flashing throughout the sky, thunder booming from overhead. Her fear for her grandmother drove her to move faster and faster, using the wind to push her towards her destination as she ran. Across the yard, right over the fence, down the road, and then down the path and straight to the docks she went, heart racing.
She could hear her grandmother as she got further down the hill, she was hollering up a storm, threatening them to high heaven with what she was going to do when she got free.
Avery slowed herself, years of training kicking in and telling her not to go rushing in despite the fact that it was her grandmother in trouble. She knew if she didn't analyze the situation she might very well end up in trouble, too.
Something off to the right of her caught her eye, her grandmothers staff lay snapped in half, and burned. 'Lovely...', came that sarcastic voice in her head. She glanced back just as Arawn, Houjin, and Mar caught up with her. The group ducked down, hiding behind an old and worn out boat, staring over the thing just enough to get an idea of exactly what was going on down the hill.
Four hooded and masked figures held her grandmother, chains being wrapped around the frail looking woman. Two more stood off to the side, keeping guard it would seem from a distance. Another pair stood at the bottom of the hill, blocking the path for anyone who would dare try to interfere. Several more stood by three distinctly evil looking ships. A large number, but not impossible odds with the plan brewing up in her brain.
Just as she was about to turn to the other three and explain she heard a voice boom out from down below, "Shut it, old woman! Enough of your nonsense!"
Avery peeked back over, watching as her grandmother first showed shock and then anger as she realized who was behind that particular mask. "It was you! I should've known you'd come back eventually!" She then did something that shocked Avery, and had it been a different situation, would have made her laugh. She spit on the mans shoes.
Disgusted and enraged the man raised a hand and backhanded the old woman across the face, hard enough to where her body fell limp, the guards and chains the only thing keeping her from lying on the cold wet ground. "Load her in the ship, and be quick about it."
Avery's rage burned. "This is what we're going to do...", she said through clenched teeth, hands balled into fists as she held herself back from just launching herself down there without explanation. "Houjin, Mar, if you two can handle the ones still on the ground I have an idea of a storm for Arawn and I to cook up..."
Houjin nodded, looking lingeringly to Arawn but not saying a word. Arawn looked back in just the same way before Houjin slipped off down the hill.
Mar held out the staff Avery had used earlier. "Here, you'll need this.. and be safe.", she said softly before taking off down the hill behind Houjin.
Avery looked to Arawn as she stood up. "Lets give them a storm they'll never forget." Arawn's response was a grin before the two took off up down another path to the ocean below. Arawn stepped out into the ocean, going until the water was waist deep. Avery pressed that mainly hidden button again, allowing the glider's wings to pop free once more. She then took off into the sky, gaining some height.
From her advantage point Avery could see exactly what was going on on the beach. Mar had raised a cliff right out of the ground, an unbelievably smooth wall that blocked those who'd remained on the beach, including her now unconscious grandmother, from making an exit. The four who had hold of her grandmother were trying to drag her across the beach and to the wall, trying to find another way to the boats. The others had turned their attention to Mar and Houjin and were beginning to close in on the pair.
Avery got back with the program, sure that Mar and Houjin were more then capable of handling themselves. She swooped down, moving herself in a rotating formation around the same large surface of water. Arawn, controlling the water slowly began to raise it up, where the large wind Avery was now causing caught it and began to help rotate the entire thing. The more water that began to be added to the vortex the faster Avery spun herself. Faster and faster until a vortex began in the ocean itself, growing in size and intensity.
Another glance at the beach revealed that Houjin had created a large wall of fire that surrounded Mar and himself and hide them from view and kept those attempting to attack them at bay. It also created a cover for what Mar was doing: lifting up large pieces of the earth and sending them straight to those on the other side either by punching them or kicking them right through the fire.
Back to what she was doing. Now the vortex had more then enough water in it, and enough momentum to keep it up from the amount of air now mixed within the structure of the thing, it was time to speed things up. She moved herself into the middle of the vortex, closing the wings on her glider and spinning the stick above her much like a helicopter blade, faster and faster. The entire structure began to spin faster as Arawn now began to move the water around the boats backwards, pushing them right into the vortex itself.
Houjin's wall had spread by the time Avery got another glimpse of the beach. Several charred members of the hooded and masked group lay around, while others were just entirely bloodied by the damage done by what Mar had done.
The boats were now being sucked right down in the vortex, into the depths of the ocean itself, forced under by the small hurricane they'd created on top of the whirlpool in the center of it.
Now that their exit was taken care of Avery shot herself up higher into the air and away from the rotating air and water, allowing it to lose momentum. She opened the wings of the glider mid-air and soared herself down to the beach. Arawn turned, his gaze resting on Houjin for a moment before he walked out of the ocean and up to where the others now stood.
Upon landing and closing the glider's wings Avery looked towards Mar, Houjin, Arawn, her unconscious grandmother... and the man who'd struck her. She couldn't help but smirk as she watched exactly what was going on. Houjin had captured him, and each time the many tried to run found himself being electrocuted, and it looked damn painful.
Avery moved over to them, knowing that Houjin had the man more then enough under control. So, that meant her first priority was her grandmother's well being. No longer chained, but still not conscious Avery knelt next to her as she was lying on the ground. She gently moved her grandmother's white hair out of the way, revealing exactly where she'd been struck. Her anger burned again. Her grandmother's face was cut, rather deeply, thanks to the mans ring. A shadow cast by the dwindling fire announced Arawn's arrival beside her.
He knelt down, a small amount of water rising from the gourd on his back, covering his hand. With a faint glow he placed the hand onto the wound on Gram's face, a moment later he removed his hand, the wound gone, having healed her. "Thanks Arawn..."
Arawn nodded and stood, moving back over to Houjin's side.
Gram's eyes slowly opened and she slowly sat up. "What... " Her gaze fell upon the man who'd struck her. "You!"
"Calm down, Gram. Let us handle this, you should rest." The old woman looked for a moment like she was going to argue and then just nodded with a sigh before slowly getting to her feet. Avery handed her the staff she'd been carrying to help her walk and she watched as her grandmother moved off to the side using the staff for support. When she sat herself down on one of the large boulders now scattered around the area Avery took the time to turn her attention to the man.
"Now, there's two ways we're going to do this... The easy way, and the hard way. I was taught to respect the easy way and hope for that... but after what you did to my grandmother I'm really hoping you refuse to spill.."
Avery's life has been a great big ball of drama for the majority of it. She started out being captured, and her parents dying, all so someone could try and control her power. After escaping with her best friends and destroying the organization behind her kidnapping she was then reuinited with her only living member of her family: her grandmother. However, drama would seem to follow them as an individual from her Grandmother's past appeared looking to cause drama. While it wouldn't be the first time that she would kill, once more Avery's hands would be stained with blood. The incident caused Avery and her grandmother to move to a village named Hana. However, this village wasn't peaceful either as Avery would soon find out. Years into living there she would find herself being confronted by one of the most handsome individuals Avery had ever seen: before he even uttered a word she was taken by him. And then she really was taken by him: Alec kidnapped her, not wanting to leave her behind in a village like Hana after everything that happened there. To her credit Avery didn't struggle, nor attempt to fight him off, and simply allowed herself to go. Avery was taken to another village with Alec where the two began to grow close while a plot began to form of them, and Alec's children, taking over their own village. Once the plan was formed the two acted: Avery and Alec headed to Makkuragakure where after a display in power where several members of the village were cut down for trying them they eventually ended up taking over. It was then that they began to fix the village up while at first one of Alec's children named Demi was put in charge. However, it wasn't long before the hat was passed to Avery. The village thrived, and soon enough Alec and several others including Avery, decided to take a vacation of sorts. During this time another individual arrived in the village and attempted to take over. Upon their arrival back this individual was cut down after threatening Alec. Avery, realizing that Alec's son Junior had passed her up in power, as well as pregnant with her daughter Artemis, decided to pass the hat on to him. Artemis was born without issue and they continued to live their lives of peace and happiness. Several years would pass before Alec and several others would decide to venture off, Artemis in tow, to see other lands across the world. Avery would stay behind for several months before journeying after them..
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