Agni Kai! [All Fire Benders 1v1 - Spectators]

The crowd would roar with intensity, as the large stadium, towering 10 feet over a moat of water below and around it, would be filled with flames and debris. This stadium was 50x50 feet and was a plain flat rock surface. On each far side of the arena was a bridge that led to an opening. This would be where the contestants would enter the arena for the battle of their life time. The stadium itself, was 40 meters around the stadium and held ten rows of seats that stretched up and back. People of every status would fill these seats to watch the countless fights for glory, which was reminiscent of old gladiator battles. Putting strength against strength. Power against power. Rage against rage. The Agni Kai was an event that forced people to show what they were truly made of.

The far right opening would split apart, and the small frame of a hooded Fire Bender would make his way across the bridge and to the center of the large ring. Extending his arms up, and giving the peace sign to the crowd, his hooded would burst into flames and reveal the person beneath them was no other than the Flame Avatar himself. He was there, in all his cocky glory, ready to give another crowd pleaser. "HELLO ALL YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! AVATAR RAIZO IS HERE TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER BRILLIANT SHOW THIS AMAZING DAY! SHOUT OUTS TO THE BEAUTIFUL LADIES WHO ARE CHEERING ME ON ASWELL!" The boy would twirl his body and send a series of kicks into the air, lashing out massive flames above the arena that would end up spelling "AVATAR RAIZO #1." How cocky this one was..It was all a part of his charm, of course. An Avatar was supposed to be humble and modest, yet this one showed no signs of such things. He laughed and flip across the battlefield to show off for the people, and man did they buy it. Well mostly all of them. The others seemed to be annoyed at the display..Those others being his Fire Bending masters of course. Raizo would point them out specifically before sticking his tongue at at them and laughing. All the attention..oh how he loved it!

Oh how some benders believed far too much in their abilities. Things that the gods felt fitting to simply bestow upon them. Some simply needed to be knocked down a few pegs to learn their place. Others maybe they truly had earned it. Katsuro watched from the other side of the stadium as the prime example of his words took the the stage. A flashy display of screaming, kicking around in the air. There was no doubt in Katsuro's mind that to some he definitely looked just as much as a fool than anything else. Though there had to be some form of skill there, the intensity of the flames was quite something. The design he managed to create with them was also quite flashy. Probably wasted far more energy than it could ever be worth however. Once he started the speech Katsuro simply shook his head and began walking towards the ring himself. He could talk all he wanted, the boy had been humbled by past experiences. Save all the talking for after you were the victor in the ring. His movements had given away key things that Katsuro just might be able to exploit. He was clearly very agile, his fire was not something to be trifled with, then again no fire was. He seemed incredibly flashy though, if this carried over too his fighting style that could mean techniques take an extremely long time to execute. He could use that to begin closing the distance during the fight. Stepping up into the ring just as the avatar finished his speech Katsuro would remove his hood. Taking several deep breathes he would begin to calm himself and wait for the person to finish. He did not need words to convey his thoughts. Actions speak louder than words, and subtle actions can be just as loud as a flashy entrance. The expression Katsuro had was a smug look, one showing the young avatar that he was by no means impressed with the display. He would save his words however, the true winner had yet to be decided.

Raizo would watch his opponent enter the arena and shoot back to his own side of the arena. The bridges would be cut, turning the arena into a island in the center of the waves below. Raising his left palm towards the opponent, staggering his stance, and then balling his right fist and placing it parallel to his right ear. "Haha, I wonder how long you'll last! Maybe a second? Maybe two?!" Raizo would let a sly smile spread across his face as he'd begin to strafe, awaiting for the match to start. The two of them had atleast 40 feet between them. "I'll be sure to be nice and gentle." And as he said that, the officials would unleash their flames above the arena to show the match had just begun. Starting the match off right, Raizo would begin to sweep his right foot across the ground infront of him. He would then sweep his left infront aswell, once the right made it make to its original position. The boy would continue to do this, while closing the distance to 30 feet instead..and soon he'd send out a final sweep with his right foot that would release a large wave of flames across the ground. The waves were 25 feet wide and were only a foot above the earth. It traveled towards the opponent at a steady rate of speed, and the Avatar of Flame would raise both hands to shoulder level. Facing his palms outwards, and towards the opponent, he would await his dodge to send the next wave of attack.

It would seem upon noticing Katsuro the boy would retreat to his part of the ring. Atleast he was eager to get this started. It showed that at the very least he was not just all talk. Once the bridges were cut, Katsuro understood he was locked here. No turning back in the least, it was time to see what the kid claiming to be the avatar had in him. Katsuro's stance was slightly different, right foot in front of his left. His hands were in a close fist ready to strike at a moments notice. Katsuro's stance was a little more fluid and loose. He needed to work himself into as many different positions as possible. Towards the persons taunts Katsuro simply ignored them. When this was over he would be the one sending all sorts of taunts his opponents way anyway. Once the battle began, Katsuro began moving towards the avatar. Just to be given quite the rude surprise. A series of sweeps across the ground were sending waves of fire towards the young man. Great, the advantage of range, undoubtedly he would make as much use of it as he possibly could. It Katsuro wanted to have any hope of winning the distance between them had to be closed in an instant. Not only that but with each consecutive sweep the boy was also moving forward. Dangerous to say the least, if Katsuro found himself in a compromising position. As the waves came towards Katsuro he noted that they were a little bit too wide to outrun horizontally. They however were spaced enough to simply hop over slightly like they were hurdles. Each sweeping movement giving him enough space to land and launch himself again as he moved forward. The space between each wave was about a yard. Witch each jump Katsuro would move forward a foot until he himself had moved up twelve feet.If his opponent decided mid stride to switch it up the waves would have to stop allowing Katsuro too change up his tactic. So far so good, he figured at the very least.

And so the opponent did exactly what the young Avatar wanted. He launched himself in the air, and forward, to try and close the distance. Timing it just right, seeing how his jumping was apparently on a pattern allowing Raizo to predict the next, as soon as he left the ground and was entering the 12 foot range, the boy's hands were already over his chest he would only need to extend them to send two ravaging blazes towards the jumping opponent. The flames were 10 ft in diameter each, and both stretched out from the balls of his fist. Avatar Raizo would manipulate both flames to his the male head on before he was any where close to touching ground, and would use the raging blaze to push him back and send him flying far off the arena, if they were to hit. It would ignite his clothes and cause him to spiral down towards the waters below, ending the match if successful.

As Katsuro jumped over each wave of fire his opponent had an idea. With a quick thrust of both his hands he committed to two large blasts of fire heading for the Katsuro. The two blasts were surprisingly fast, and chances were due to the timing that Katsuro might not hit the ground before they arrived. Such a shame, he had been far too predictable in his movements, he needed to be more careful in the future. However this person had easily underestimated the agility of Katsuro. Someone like him you could say was quite the acrobatic. Tucking his knees towards his jaw and shifting his weight in a slightly diagonal forward way Katsuro would be safe. He had moved high enough that a quick series of these flips int he air would push him just over and left of the fire by ten inches. Given the two massive streams glowing in his face, and a lack of knowledge of Katsuro physical ability it was hard to see how would immediately notice him avoid the fire, until he atleast landed. Landing Katsuro wasted no time continuing to the left wanting to open up some distance between him and the fire. During his run he dipped his hand down and picked up a decently sized rock. Large enough to cause pause, but so large and cumbersome he couldn't throw it with some speed or it slowed him down. He now knew to keep a close eye on his opponent however, he could not afford to be so predictable. With Katsuro's maneuver the distance between the two now stood at eighteen simple feet, he was making progress at least.

Seeing how the boy used flames his ENTIRE life, it would be horribly miscalculated to think he'd be blinded by his own blaze. And watching the opponent tuck his legs and chin, Raizo could only suspect he planned on completely flipping over the flames. He was acrobatic himself. He knew the moves, and when to use them. This was nothing new to him at all..Infact, this was what he wanted. Manipulating the stream and moving it with the flipping acrobat, he would move it those 11 inches with the male. Seeing how he'd have to flip up and over, which took some extra time, moving it those 11 inches was as easy as shifting the wrist and arm. The opponent would still land in the stream of flames if successful, and would still be sent flying back before he got the chance to get to his rock.

Maybe Katsuro underestimated his opponent. He was for sure that he had moved far enough to avoid the fire, but it was like it's own. As Katsuro landed he was faced with a flaming rude awakening. The searing feeling of fire knocking him off the platform and into the water below. So this round was fairly quick, and disappointing. He had been far too impatient in moving forward and paid the price. Not only that but he had failed to think about the possibilities of control he had over his fire. Swimming back up Katsuro began to move towards the platform, cursing himself. Now he had the right to begin all that talking. The crowd began to scream and roar, and all it felt like was an insult. Cheering him losing so badly and quickly against his opponent. There wouldn't be a repeat of this for the second round. All that he could think of was what he could change about what happened as he made his way back up to the platform and eventually the ring. His cloths were burned away, and while he did have some light burns on his skin it would have been far worse had he not fallen into the water. It was time for the second round however, and if Katsuro wanted to keep this going he by no means could afford to lose this match. Looking like he was battle scarred with his charred shirt and light burns he simply prepared for the second round. His pride was far too hurt to have anything to say.

The flame causes hid opponent to go flying off the arena, and the Avatar would punch the ground before flipping into the air and landing a flaming kick into the earth. It was a victory maneuver that unleashed flames around him, and made the crowd roar even louder. Oh how he was a show off. He'd begin to bow to the crowd before extending his hands in the air to address them again. "Thank you, Thank you! Now for my next match, I plan on showcasing my Earth Bending! Just so you all know now..My Earth Bending is pretty awesome!" The crowd would laugh and cheer for their Avatar, but his three monk guardians who sat near the top would only shake their head in unison. They didn't like how Raizo showed no restraint when in combat. It was his one huge flaw, and one he wasn't getting over any time soon. This became apparent, as he hopped around the arena showing off his stamina and acrobatic skills once again. He was surely made to entertain..but with a status like Avatar, and him going around the world representing the Fire Nation soon; he'd need to shape up into a man. His constant cocky attitude did nothing but spit on the Avatar title.

After a few minutes of displays, Raizo would see his previous opponent make it back onto the arena. Raising a brow and giving a smug smile, the Avatar would place both hands on his side. "You don't know when to quit, do you. I mean you just lost a second ago and now you're dragging yourself back for another ass kicking display. Heh, I was supposed to go back to the temple to depart for my journey, but I guess I have enough time to send you flying again." This time, the boy would drop his hands and bend his wrist so his palms were facing towards the sky. Staggering his stance and dropping his weight, he'd get into his Earth Bending form and prepare for the second round. "Come." And with that said, the second round would commence and the distance between the two would be simply 40 feet, similar to what was before.

It would appear that his opponent as Katsuro expected was very proud of his victory. He could feel the heat of the flames as he shot them into the air as he made his way back towards the stage. He smirked a small bit, he had forgotten that he was dealing with the avatar here. Master of all four elements, what was supposed to be one of the greatest of all benders. Hard to believe someone so cocky could ever get this title. Probably came with the territory, get grown up taught your better than everyone else and eventually you actually begin to believe it. Talk about his earth bending would begin and Katsuro would sigh. Atleast he knew what he was dealing with this time, but if it was anything like the last there would be some large boulders flying at him. He needed to be far more patient in this match. As the boy took on his fighting stance Katsuro would do the same. If he lost this time that meant that the match was pretty much over. He couldn't go down so easily, especially if it was against somebody like this. In the real world mistakes like the one he just made would simply come back to kill him. No more mess ups like that, this time he would be the one flying off the stadium. The other words of the avatar would be tuned out mostly. There was no reason to get himself all worked up over this. Getting angry would only cloud his judgement anyway. Come, simply bait that Katsuro would not take. With the same stance he had before, he would carefully inch forward a simple two feet. Keeping a close eye on his opponents movements, ready to move at a moments notice.

As his opponent inched forward, so did the Avatar. Unlike water and air, that was resilent and would wait for an attack first, Fire and Earth benders were aggressive and countered force with overwhelming force. This would drive Raizo to make the first attack, whether that be good or bad. Sliding his feet against the surface of the earth, Raizo would move closer and closer towards his opponent. One foot, two foot..three..The distance between them was closing steadily, but there was still a large enough span to work with. He was about 10 feet from the the left side's edge, which would be the opponent's right, and as if on cue would stomp a foot down into the earth and twist it. This would cause a rupture in the ground that was 2x2 and it would travel in a straight line towards the opponent on the other side of the field. If it were to hit, it'd send him flying off the ground and off the platform once again. Though, this start up was abit easier to dodge than the flames from before. The Avatar would await his opponent's movements before flowing up with the continued assault.

It seems that the young avatar had the same idea. Inch forward and wait for his opponent to move first. With each step, Katsuro kept a close eye on him. Bending required footwork movements, when he was about to make a move then Katsuro, would try to avoid accordingly. Eventually the avatar made that first move, and it was no secret either. The stomp on the ground told Katsuro what was about to happen. Mostly due to him so kindly announcing that he would be earthbending, combined with how different that was from every movement he had made up to that point. The attack seemed awkwardly linear. The space was something that Katsuro had ample time to avoid, and it was a straight forward attack. Was it something similar to what he had done earlier with fire? What else would follow this strike, well there was only one way to find out in reality. Taking quick light steps to his right, Katsuro moved feet before attack was even close. Moving earth was no silent thing, so if it changed drastically he should be able to hear it, or even see it out of the corner of his eye. Katsuro kept a close eye on the avatar watching for any more sudden movements to suggest bending. With himself out of the way of the attack he moved forward a simple two feet once more. The steps were careful and attentive, he was ready to pounce like a cat. There was now about five feet of distance between him and the edge. The distance between him and the avatar was closing slowly but steadily, but he knew the closer he got, the more dangerous it became.

Instead of moving further inland, the opponent chose to put themselves in an odd position near the ledge. Apparently he wished to go in head first in the water once again. Sliding his left foot infront of his right, Raizo would do a left kick across his chest and turn his body with the momentum to cause the jagged rocks created from the rupture to fly towards right. They all shot at the same time and attempted to hit the male straight on, and send him flying off the arena. They were varied like a shot gun blast, and Raizo would begin to shoot forward towards the opponent right after the attack. He was getting too aggressive..This was Raizo's main problem when in combat. If the opponent could take advantage of that, then he'd surely be able to win this round with no problem.

As Katsuro expected it appeared to be part of a larger strike. At the very least he was awaiting to alter his attack in some shape or form. After yet another strong rooted movement, the rocks shifted towards the right. Flying through the air it would be extremely painful had Katsuro been hit by these rocks. Their shapes, sizes and locations through the air were all varied. Simply bobbing and weaving his way through them wouldn't work. Luckily however he would not have to do such a thing. The spread of this "shotgun" blast like movement was tight enough that Katsuro could evade without leaving the ground. This time moving diagonally and to the right. The steps were light, careful and quick, half expecting the rocks to turn around and follow him. This movement would move Katsuro another yard forward and again five feet to the right. Out of the area of effect for the wide attack. Just then his opponent did something that the young man didn't expect. He took off in Katsuro's direction, breaking form and chasing after him. The distance between the two was quickly closing. Did he want to mimic the movements, he had to be extremely careful. In that running for the strength of the attacks could pull out were limited, however the danger was still there. Katsuro would extend would take one step forward, his left arm falling and blocking the movements of his right hand. Katsuro's right hand would come up with a lightning fast motion and release three knives at his opponent. They were aimed at his shins side by side. If connected they would stop if not greatly hinder his movement and definitely his bending in general. Continuing it as a fluid motion he let his left hand take a the further back position as his right was slightly further out. With this he would move forward, two feet cautiously but quickly, curious to how the young avatar would react to what was coming at him.

As the two advanced towards each other, after the opponent dodged he attack, Raizo would take note of his opponent's arm moving over to try and block the view of his other hand. Taking in the account of the distance between them, and the few options his opponent could actually perform, he was either going to bend or try to trick him out with some form of weapon. Now throughout this whole fight so far, it was safe to say his opponent was not a bender whatsoever. So, the latter was the case here. Perhaps a weapon. As the opponent's arm made a movement, the Avatar would slam his foot against the ground and cause a slab of earth that was once again, 2x2, to form infront of him and block the knives. Raizo wouldn't wait here, as he'd press both palms forward and send the slab sliding across the earth and towards the opponent. If it landed, he would be knocked hard against the slab and flung through the air like a rag doll. During this time, the young avatar would have slammed both feet down upon the ground, lifting two 1x1 slabs of earth from the ground. They'd hover by him, prepared to be thrown at any second. The distance between the two warriors was cut down to about 20 feet now, and was getting smaller and smaller.

As expected Katsuro's knives were in fact blocked. However it stopped his opponent from moving, also caused him to focus on a quick defense. This allowed Katsuro too move up another yard uncontested. Suddenly the slab of earth launched itself towards Katsuro. A counterattack more than likely to keep the pressure on him, and hopefully the avatar safe. However the dimensions of the attack were nothing too large. With the past two attacks now out of the way and no longer a danger Katsuro felt it safe to stop his right advance. Luckily for him the slab had to move more than ten feet in the time he had to move approximately seven. Moving directly across the field to his left at a quicker pace than before, the slab passed by Katsuro with one and a half feet of room between them. The entire time keeping a careful eye on the movements of his opponent. With this match clearly lasting longer and the distance between them getting shorter the crowd began to roar. More than likely for the avatar however, he was the more popular and Katsuro had yet to even go on an offensive as of yet. The two floating rocks were clearly a danger, however he had to keep use them eventually. Katsuro would definitely be weary of that. A quick cautious few steps while opening his right hand and thrusting it forward once more would send three more blades. This time the aim was his knee's, trying to keep him on the defensive, trying to keep his counterattacks simple and disallowing him time to get something more massive off such as what he had done with his fire bending. Katsuro's cautious steps were done fully ready to have to dodge some form of retaliation, but if successful they would move him one more foot inwards. This of course would put them at seventeen feet away from each other.

Launching himself into the air like an acrobat, Raizo would launch over the blades and kick a leg out to send the first piece of earth right towards the opponent's chest. Extending his other hand, it press onto the other slab of earth, pulling his body up into a handstand upon it. Once again, he was showing off to the crowd. Spinning on his hands with complete control, he'd bend himself at the waist so his feet would come down on the edge of the slab and send it flying towards the opponent a few seconds behind the first. The maneuver would cause him to fall on his back side, forcing him to continue rolling to the left and towards the edge of the arena even more. His amber eyes watching the opponent the entire time, Raizo would begin to start laughing to himself during the display. Surely the crowd was loving it at this point! "Now I'm going to show you some pro air bending! I hope you're ready!" As he yelled this out, his three fire bending masters would stand in their seats. They had never seen him air bend before..Actually they believed he couldn't. They were completely right. However, after an encounter with a certain female a day before, Raizo believed he was a natural at air bending aswell. Shooting forward, Raizo would launch himself after a few controlled flips to dodge attacks, and would then come down with a kick meant to be a massive gust of wind..to his dismay, nothing came out..No air bending..instead, it left him completely open for attack..The look on his face was one of confusion..complete and utter confusion.

The chance that Katsuro had been waiting for suddenly presented itself. His opponent committed to a move that would allow him to start of a chain of combo's. Hopefully this would work him within active range of the avatar and allow him to put some serious pressure on the young man. As he jumped over Katsuro's knives the chi blocker took off. A quick yet cautious sprint, towards the bender as he put on his acrobatic display. The first block headed towards Katsuro, was quickly avoided by simply doing a quick roll off to the right. The roll was done with such grace and speed that it would not cut into Katsuro's speed. Allowing him to narrowly miss the slab by just about thre or four inches. Using his momentum to propel him back onto his feet and move. The distance between them was closing and it had dropped from seventeen feet to fourteen. Then the second slab came at Katsuro, he couldn't afford to pass up this chance. The memory of what happened last time he jumped still fresh in his mind Katsuro's skipped over the one meter high slab of rock.

Making sure that he barely cleared it, the distance between them would ensure he would hit the ground before any other attack arrived. However his opponent's landing wasn't so clean either, and it caused him to roll back. The roll would open up some distance, but Katsuro kept on it. That is until the young avatar announced airbending. Now this was about to get dangerous, a well placed gust could take him right off this platform. Producing three more knives Katsuro lobbed them at him, hoping for a reaction but he simple flipped over them. He kept moving though, he was going to airbend the distance between them would be dangerous. He had to close it extremely fast. Ten feet, as the avatar down with his foot, fully expecting a powerful gust of air Katsuro, quickly sidestepped before he completed the motion. The close proximity he had meant that he had to assume the arc of the attack before it was completed. Anything less would result in a direct hit at this distance. Since the kick was downwards a side step seemed best. Katsuro quickly and expertly moved himself out of the legs line of fire, and when he didn't feel any air, he assumed that he had avoided the attack. Never would he had assumed that the boastful avatar could not airbend. When he came down the distance between them was just above two feet and the second the avatar hit the ground with no damage to Katsuro he pounced. It would take simply half a step to put him within striking distance. The jabs were swift and required Katsuro to simply extend his arm. Their purpose not being external damage or immediate pain they required now winding up. Katsuro launched launched three quick jabs at the persons arm, hitting crucial points along it, blocking chi and if it connected causing his arm below the elbow to possibly fall limp. Whether it connected or not he would need to move his feet to avoid. So at the same time Katsuro brought his right foot to bear against the avatar's right shin which would cause his legs to buckle under his weight. Of course he could easily get up, but those precious seconds could be used for some more strikes against him. There was no reason to even look where he was striking. Instead he could focus on his opponents movements. Years of working with his mother and studying this style, he had these places memorized on the body. He had to know them by heart for moments like this.

Techniques

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As he came down, the opponent made sure to close the distance. If he were to break his promise, he would have used some fire bending to shoot over and create more distance. However, he told the crowd he was going to Earth Bend and put himself in this position. A series of jabs would hit his arm, making the young bender grind his teeth in pain. This would cause Raizo's arm to go limp, and as he went to flip back and try to get distance after the opponent went for the leg attack, he'd hit the ground on his shoulder. The flip put about four feet between them, and with one of Raizo's arms now limp, the Avatar would narrow his eyes towards the opponent. "I totally let you do that to make this match more intense..But..what the hell! Why can't I move my arm anymore? Did you inject me with something?" He remained on the ground while holding his limp arm with his free hand. Apparently this opponent wasn't as weak as he originally thought. That was interesting..but he'd never admit he got the best of him. Raizo would need to think of an excuse later.

Success, well not entirely, he was more hoping to get a few more strikes in. Maybe immobilize the leg to weaken his bending even more. However you have to take what you could get and Katsuro was fairly happy with what he had managed to achieve so far. The strikes would render right right arm of the avatar temporarily paralyzed and incapable of bending for some time. With that he now had a somewhat safer avenue, to move in for more strikes. In the avatar's attempt to escape however had put a distance of four feet between them. His opponent quickly made remarks about how he allowed that to happen to allow the match to get even more intense. Which while Katsuro doubted that is the reason why it happened it certainly had. Some members of the crowd roared with all their might and others were simply stunned that the boy had actually gotten hit. Especially after the match previously when Katsuro had been beaten in pretty much no time at all. At the question of poison it got Katsuro thinking, there was no reason to let him know right away what happened. Eventually he would figure out what happened for himself, however by then it just might be too late. The element of surprise was his greatest weapon and he was not about to simply give it up. "There really is only one way to find out Avatar." Katsuro moved his hands into a quick stance, along the way repeating the throwing motion with his right hand. Three blades emerged from his sleeve and were sent towards the avatar. They were aimed at his shins, and behind them was Katsuro. Cautiously yet quick approaching his right side of his opponent. The immobile arm, he was ready at a moments notice to avoid an attack. How would he launch it once he arrived there though? He wasn't entirely sure of that though, depended on how the avatar reacted to his advance.

Tch this was becoming a pain. The opponent had him exactly where they wanted..With one arm down, things were sure to get even worst during the battle. Once the opponent moved his arm again, Raizo would slam his fist to the ground and cause a piece of rock to fling up and take his feet. It'd cause him to flip up onto his shoulders and then roll to the side to reclaim his footing. The rock, on the other hand, would block the projectiles altogether. He'd then kick it forward towards the opponent while back stepping to the edge of the arena. This made the drop behind him about 2 feet from the back of his feet. The Avatar would grind his teeth once again, before giving a thumbs up to the crowd. The roars did nothing but hype him up, as he raised on good arm towards his opponent to egg him on. "Doesn't matter if I know. All it'll take is one arm to beat you anyway! Heh, I'm the best at what I do, after all!" As he spoke, he began to slide the tip of his foot across the earth infront of him. There were limitations when it came to his Earth Bending. He was no where near being a master..However, he still had some tricks up his sleeve.

In response to Katsuro's second part of his strike the young avatar would slam the ground. This would cause a slab of rock to shoot up and flip him. Consequently this would end up blocking the knives. There was no reason to wait for the knives to hit their location. Even if they missed the rock, which they didn't the avatar was gone from the location. They would have done absolutely nothing but hit air. As the avatar would flip up Katsuro would move diagonally to the right. Changing his direction, and opening his right hand to produce a few more knives to throw. As he rolled Katsuro estimated his location. It truly was not hard when he started to extend his legs once more to begin standing back up. It was a fairly easy thing to notice, he had done it a million times itself. When you preform something constantly realizing it's key markers is quite easy. Katsuro threw three knives at the avatar as he would come out of his roll. It would be interesting to see what he could do quick enough to avoid them. With his roll it put him back at most two more feet, and Katsuro's diagonal movement moved him right two and ahead two. This meant at the time of throwing there was a four foot distance between the two combatants.

These were aimed a little differently, instead going for his his left and right shoulder. The middle one would hit his collarbone if it connected, simply because there was nowhere else to go. Not fatal unless he like, moved and caught it in his neck but sure as hell would be painful. Katsuro would continue at a cautious yet quick pace towards his opponent. The rock which was not particularly high or wide in the first place would pass by him, should it have been kicked forward still. Katsuro was hoping to close the distance, hopefully putting the young avatar down quickly if possible. However he was only using one or two elements so far, there was another two he had to worry about.

As he rolled, the opponent would have thrown even more knives his way. However, Raizo noticed something..This opponent was getting way too greedy. Way too aggressive. If anything, he took a page out of the Avatar's own book of combat. This was when the Avatar would need to make a sacrifice..Moving his shoulder to the side, he'd dodge the knife on the far right, while the middle on would graze his chest, and the last would stab into his arm. The opponent had continued his approach through this attack and showed no signs of slowing down; closing the distance between them to only 2 feet. With the knife stabbing into his arm, Raizo was forced to take forceful step back towards the ledge. To the opponent, it would look like he was trying to create distance from the upcoming demise..but in reality, that step was an earth bending maneuver. With the opponent being so close, he'd be caught it in aswell. The small section of the platform they both stood upon would sudden flip up like a spatula flipping a patty in the air. This would send both contestants flying off the arena and towards the cold waters below.

Katsuro was quite shocked when his opponent simply turned to take the blade to his arm. The way he moved seemed to be that to avoid the weapons to his still functioning areas. Seemed like he was willing to sacrifice more damage to these parts of his body that were no longer of use to him. Seemed to identify the type of fighter he was dealing with to be honest. Somebody that would do anything to win, if it was of no use to them, they may very well be ready to throw it away. Then with a quick step, the true surprise came, as Katsuro thought nothing of it until it was too late. The movement of the avatar would manipulate the ground around them causing them both to go airborne. Throwing both participants from the platform and towards the freezing cold water below. Katsuro was too far away from the ledge to grab it so chances were that the avatar was too. Doing a quick front flip Katsuro preformed an elegant dive towards the water below. The cool refreshing water welcome too his tired body. As he swum is way back up to the platform however he wondered if he should go help the avatar. Swimming with one hand wasn't exactly fun or easy, then again he was probably adept at water bending so he would be fine probably.

As the Avatar watched his opponent twirl in the air to land in the water, he himself would instead focus a jet of flames below the soles of his feet. This would cause the boy to shoot sideways and into the wall before bouncing off of it, out of control. Spiraling through the air, the fire bender would be yelling as he'd go rocketing into the stands and causing a rather small explosion of flames. Once the smoke cleared, his head would be stuck in the lap on a rather large woman. She had caught him, and had him in a grapple like hug..On her shirt was pictures of his face and letters that spelled out his name. She was obviously a big fan of his. Raizo would try to free himself from the woman's clutches, but with one of his arms stabbed and numb..he was fighting a losing battle. "D-damn it lady! Let go of me already! My arm is freaking killing me! H-Help! Someone save me from this crazy chick!" The crowd only roared louder, as the officials, and his Fire bending Masters, went to pry him from the woman's hands and bandage up his arm. Throughout all this, the Avatar would be yelling for freedom..Oh how the tables had turned..

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