
Originally Posted by
Chrosis
Gaara of the Desert sat on the rooftop of a certain Tea Shop under the full moon, staring off into the depths of the city, semingly lost in thought. He didn't even seem to notice the approaching Princess Azula, Ty-Lee, and Mai. They quickly closed in on him, standing on the rooftops of neighboring buildings. It was their usual formation; Ty-Lee wondering why she was there and being very unhappy about having to do work, Mai doing acrobatics and rolling around, and Azula standing proud with that cruel smirk on her face.
Azula hopped up from her building to Gaara's level, matching his cold eyes with her own sharp gold eyes, "You know, you really shouldn't go around starting trouble. Somebody could notice."
Gaara's face betrayed no emotion, apparently not even registering Azula's appearance. Mai gave one of her childish grins, "Maybe he's scared stiffless!"
Ignoring Mai's antics and Ty-Lee's obviously audible sigh, Azula's grin turned into a scowl, "Hey, don't you know who I am?! I'm Azula of the Fir-"
"I don't care."
The words cut through Azula like a blade, "What do you mean you don't care?! Don't you realize that you're about to be killed?!"
Gaara's emotionless demeanor never wavered, "If you intend to attack, do it, before I lose interest."
With a snarl of rage, Azula hurled a bolt of lightning through the air at Gaara, intent on destroying him for his insolence. Who was he to insult her?!
The explosion rocked the building, the billowing smoke coulding the area. Ty-Lee began hacking on the charred air while Mai covered her nose and mouth, "Geez, Azula, don't you think you overdid it?"
Azula, proud of her throw, brushed a stray strand of hair from her face, "He wasn't even worth the effort it took to throw the lightning."
As the trio turned to leave, a dark, bloodthirsty voice cut through the smoke, "Is that the best you can do?"
All three of the girls spun and looked back at the scorched rooftop. It was nearly obliterated, but Gaara still stood there completely unharmed, the cork from his massive gourd missing.
Azula snarled, "Why you-", before unleashing a hail of lightning bolts upon the boy, rage overcoming her rational train of thought.
The tea shop caved in, leaving nothing but a large pile of blackened rubble. Confident in Gaara's death, Azula scowled, "That shut his insolent mouth."
Ty-Lee rolled her eyes again, thinking, 'Was that really necessary Azula? We could have just left...'
Mai was having similar thoughts, but instead chose to voice her opinion rather than keep it contained, "We could have just left, Azula..."
Azula glared at her, "Are you questioning my decision?"
Quickly realizing her mistake, Mai retracted her statement, "Oh, not at all! Not at all!"
They had only made it before that same, sinister voice cut through the night,"Don't leave yet, we haven't had enough... blood."
The Fire Trio turned to the courtyard where Gaara stood, his bloodshot eyes on Azula, a small pool of sand around his feet.
Frustrated, Mai picked up a rock and threw it at Gaara. This, being nothing but a stone thrown by Mai, was quickly intercepted by a cloud of sand that snaked up from the ground.
Azula regained her cool and grinned, "An earth bender? This shouldn't be a challenge at all. Mai, Ty-Lee, get in position."
Inwardly, however, she began to question the enigma on the ground in the courtyard, 'Earthbending, but where are the motions? He just stood there...'
Nodding, the two girls circled around Gaara, completing the triangular formation.
Gaara's voice lost it's monotone, "These two... they're not even worth my time..."
Azula's fierce demeanor made a roaring return, "So that's how it is? You just want me?"
Gaara closed his eyes, "No... I want everybody."
This sentiment shocked the trio, but Azula quickly recovered, "What do you mean you want everybody?"
Gaara reopened his eyes and looked at Azula, "I exist... to kill all humans other than myself."
Hearing this statement, both Ty-Lee and Mai came to the same conclusion. Each toook a hesitant step backwards.
Gaara's eyes widened, "No... there is no escape."
The sand at Gaara's feet slithered at frightening speed at Mai and Ty-Lee. Ty-Lee, not expecting the attack and lacking the ability to dodge in time, was nearly immediately overtaken as sand began to encase her body.
Mai, on the other hand, was closing in the nearest building where she could find sanctuary, dodging, fliping, ducking, summersaulting, anything to avoid the sand. It was to no avail when a tendril of sand caught her by the ankle and hoisted her into the hair, hanging upside down in a large mound of sand.
Azula immediately backed off, here eyes wide with fear, assuming a defensive position as her childhood friends were hanging in the air. Gaara, on the other hand, was calm as ever, once again completely ignoring Azula.
He began to slowly walk towards a nearby merchant shop and, using his sand, took one for the umbrellas that had been left out overnight, "A rain of lightning? Lets make it rain... blood."
Holding the umbrella over his head with a tendril of sand, Gaara moved both his hand into position. Nobody had time to react as Gaara recited his technique.
"Sabaku; The Coffin of Crushing Sand!
Azula watched as both Ty-Lee and Mai were instantly crushed. True to his word, Gaara had made it rain blood, covering Azula and the surrounding area. Wide eyed with terror Azula barely registered what Gaara said next.
"I killed them too quickly. There was no pain."
Turning towards Azula, Gaara made the same gesture as he had when encasing the other two girls. Azula immediatly recognized the threat and began blasting away at any sand that approached her. Leaping back to the rooftop and never taking her eyes of Gaara, she could barely utter, "You're... you're not human..."
If it was possible, Gaara's tone turned even more sinister, "You know, under the full moon, His blood gets restless."
Soon, a massive shadow covered Azula, "W-what are you..."
*Scene fades to Black*
Author notes: You know, Dog, you must really hate Azula for even giving me this idea...
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