A Relaxing Day At The Beach

[Kio Ten Fong]

Kio watched intriguingly as two small bear cubs wrestled with each other amongst a field of daisies. His family owned a small family of these brown bears on their estate at Ember Island and Kio always enjoyed coming out here to relax. Lately he had been "working hard” on his metal bending and needed a break. When he came out here it was like he didn’t have to worry about his father, or anything else for that matter; it was just him, the bears and the large house.

The lot the Fong estate stood on was rather large, with a grand open back yard that was fenced in with stone walls to keep the bears in and the public out. It had five different buildings, one was his father’s private house, another was Kio’s and the rest were guest houses and beach side buildings. As he walked away from the balcony of the second story room Kio sighed as he walked through his large room. It was floor to ceiling plastered in gold and emeralds. His father had given it too him when he was a child and he often wondered if his ‘loving’ father would still have given him this lavish gift.

Walking down the red wood stairs Kio laughed as he seen the family’s brilliant white pygmy puma had decided to stay in his part of the estate, at least for a wile. “Well, well, well, I haven’t seen you for a wile Siren” he said with a smile as he ran his hand down the fine fur of the albino miniature puma’s back. Walking down the long hallway of the building Kio stumbled into the kitchen. Yawning he said “Really got to get this place restocked” rubbing his eyes Kio grabbed a small crab cake from the table and started making his way outside, heading for the beach.

Walking past his father’s beach house Kio couldn’t help shake his head at how unused that place was, “What a waste, father never even stays there. Too busy with ‘running a country’ to relax every once and a wile” Jogging to the beach he seen the elite of all the other nations playing in the water and sand, but that of course was a ways down the beach; past the estates plot of land. Not second guessing the fact that he hated hanging around with the “Social elite” Kio bent the thick bedrock that lay beneath the sand (as he still has not learned to bend sand) into a finely carved seat. Sitting back he felt his eyes grow heavy as he drifted into the world of dreams. Wile wind slowly brushed his blond hair; he fell fast asleep.

[Axl Ro-Zu]

Having escaped the the boiling rock, a supposed impossible feat by most men, Axl needed to keep on the low for a while. His belongings were all left in the prison, so it was just him and Shouyou, his pet Salamander sitting on his shoulder. Wandering the shore, kicking sand as he went, Axl couldn't help but embrace the sun's empowering ray's.

"What a beautiful day, huh Shouyou" Axl said to his loyal friend. Shouyou opened one eye, then went back into a relaxing sleep. It had been a while since his last trip to Ember Island, so to Axl it was a refreshing break after being cramped up in the cell he had occupied at Boiling Rock. The whole experience was nothing short of hilarious. Arrested on charges of Dishonoring the Fire Lord, a reckless display of inappropriate Fire Bending and minor theft. All this just to prove a point, Axl Ro-Zu was still alive and kicking. He had been thought dead, or at least missing after his encounter with a fire nation political figure and his bodyguard. All part of Axl's plan.

Axl looked up from the sand, and noticed someone in the distance who looked as if they were falling asleep in the sand. "Shouyou, watch this." Axl whispered as he began to pick up his pace. Drawing closer and closer, Axl eventually came within a few feet of the sleeping person. Flinging his arms back, Axl punched toward the sand, fire bending a short burst of fire which sent sand flying into the other male's face.

"Hahaha, excuse me. Do you live around here?" Axl said, hoping his prank hadn't angered the guy.

[Kio Ten Fong]

Still in his sleep when the man approached Kio felt the vibrations through his chair and smiled, he would use this mans prank to prank him. As the fire kicked up the sand Kio snapped his wrist into the air, causing two walls of bedrock to fly out of the sand. One close to himself, stopping the sand and another right in front of the newcomer’s face. Laughing Kio stepped down off his chair and stomped his foot. The chair and the two walls both reseeded back into the sand and Kio stood with a grin on his face and his hands resting behind his head. “Never assume someone is asleep” he said in a joking manner as he sat down in the sand.

Replying to the man's question Kio stated “yes I do live here, but I must ask; why are you here?” Kio was talking in his care free voice as always and didn’t much care about the answer, but he hadn’t met someone knew that wasn’t a snobby rich person in a wile now. Laying down again he tapped his foot on the sand and created two slabs of rock for the two to lay on. Kio’s bed of rock sprang up right beneath him, raising him up several inches. Motioning for the man to do the same Kio continued “you don’t seem like the usual people who come here; most of them are some sort of royalty and are almost all snobs. But I don’t get that feeling from you, so I ask friend; were are you from?”

[Axl Ro-Zu]

Axl took the man's offer, and sat on the bed of rock. It had been a long day, why not kick back and relax. Axl lay back, and Shouyou curled up on his chest. With his arms folded up behind his head, Axl smiled and began to explain why he was here.

"I need a place to keep on the low for a while, I'm not on good terms with the fire nation at the moment."
Axl said with a wink, he didn't want to look like a bad man, because he wasn't. A criminal maybe, but all for a good cause in most cases. Axl continued.

"Me and my pet Shouyou here decided to pack up and head to good old Ember Island, haven't been here in years, thought I'd take advantage of my unfortunate circumstances and see how the place has changed. I'm originally from the fire nation, name's Axl by the way. "
Axl held out his hand, and offered a friendly handshake.

[Kio Ten Fong]

Boasting a healthy smile Kio reached out and shook the man's hand. “so you need a hid out eh? Well it just so seems that I've got this big estate and I'm the only person that uses it nowadays, so you’re more than welcome to stay. There are three guest houses if you want; all have a nice view of the beach.” Staring at the clear blue sky Kio thought about what he was doing, if he got caught holding a man who was wanted or worse in the fire nation it could bode ill for his father and his countries relationship with the fire nation.

After a few short seconds he shrugged it off, for one thing what he had said was correct; he was the only person in the family who still came here and even if he did get caught its not like his father could think less of him. Just the future reference however he had to ask “what did you do that made you ‘not on good terms’ with the fire nation? Oh and I’m Kio Ten Fong b the way, and you are?” quite confident that a fire nation citizen wouldn’t know the royal family of the earth kingdom’s name he didn’t worry about this man recognizing him.

[Axl Ro-Zu]

Axl smiled, and leaned forward off the rock bed. He brushed his hair back, and patted the sand off his shirt.

"I ermm... defaced some property of the royal family. Statues etc.. nothing important. Then char grilled some royal guard butt!" Axl said, with the biggest cheesy smile imaginable. Shouyou snarled, remembering the chaos Axl had caused that day.
His flame spirit rolled down from shoulder and out to the tip of his extended arm. Axl then began to make it roll from one finger to another, something he did when he was bored.

"Heh, you wouldn't guess this was an actual spirit, judging by the way I play with it, but we have a mutual understanding. I may toy with it in a humorous way, but during battle the three of us (Axl, his flame spirit and Shouyou his salamander) are as serious as it gets."

Axl stood up, and stretched a little. He gazed out at the sun, which had begun to set just above the horizon. "Hmm getting dark, might want to make a fire yeah?" Axl said, scoping out a pile of drift wood not too far away. He motioned his hand, and in that instance Shouyou jumped up out of his relaxed state and gathered the firewood, placing it in a pile forming a perfect campfire.

"Heh years of training." Axl said with a wink.

[Kio Ten Fong]

Kio watched as the two made the fire, he smiled as he thought of something, it may be work but he hadn’t had the chance for it in a long time. “Hey, seeing as you’re a fire bender, would you like to duel?” he knew it was a rather blunt question, but he was too lazy to beet around the bush today, this was his relax time and he wanted to do at least ONE fun thing. Smiling he turned his head to the man and taunted him “that is, if you’re not scarred” he said in a sarcastic tone with a laugh. “Come on, and after that ill show you to the guest house, deal?” he continued hoping that the man would follow through. Looking back to the sky Kio sighed and stood up, his right leg was asleep “what a bother” he thought before looking back at the man he had just met.

[Axl Ro-Zu]

Axl smiled, and tightened his bandanna. It was quite clear Axl meant business, judging by the look on his face.

"I didn't picture you as a fighter. OK sure." Axl said. He adjusted his footing, brushing the sand around to make it firmer. If he were to duel, Axl didn't want to start it off by slipping on the unstable surface of sand.

"Although I must warn you, I take all duels rather seriously." Axl said, taking a deep breath to embrace the sun's warmth.

(OOC: sorry it's short, i'll post longer ones when the duel starts, its 3am here, dunno what I'm even doing up! lol)

[Kio Ten Fong]

Smiling as he shook his leg Kio gathered his hold on the thick bedrock that lay below the sand. “oh, don’t worry about me, I think I’ll be able to keep up” still sporting the smile Kio sloppily dropped into a low wide stance, one that even a beginner earth bender could learn in minutes. Kio never did like using the advanced stances, they took to much effort and besides, he wouldn’t want his opponent to know that he was a master, would he? “You’re move, but take it easy on me, I’m new at this” almost laughing at that statement he waited for the fire bender to take the first strike.

The sun started to set completely and the moon was easy to see. The breeze caused the sand to drift across the beach as the waves moved up and down the tiny grains of earth. The air was moist and thick, “a perfect night to have a duel with a complete stranger” thought Kio as his mind drifted from the duel for a spit moment.

[Axl Ro-Zu]

Axl smiled, rather let down by Roi's supposedly *new* level of bending.

"I suppose I can't expect everyone to be on par with me, but oh well maybe you'll learn something from our duel." Axl said rather confidently. He decided it best to start with a fairly basic maneuver, Axl punched toward the ground, shooting a ball of flame near his feet. It spiralled in the air rather awkwardly, hitting the sand and flinging a blast of sand upwards.

Axl stepped back, hoping the attack would change Roi's mind about the duel.

"We don't have to do this ya know, I mean, I try not to make a practice of dueling novices." Axl said confidently, rather suspicious as to whether or not Roi really was new to bending.

[Kio Ten Fong]

A small smirk crossed Kio’s lips as he took a few steps back in reaction to the sand. ‘Falling’ back Kio slowly got to his feet and acted surprised “oh come on, I've got to get ‘better’ right? So don’t pull any punches, ok?” smiling Kio tapped his foot sloppily against the ground and caused a smaller boulder to float out of the sand. From face value it seemed that Kio was struggling to keep the boulder as he weakly punched the rock at Axl.

The boulder was slow and ridged, like a child’s attempt at pottery. Kio thought about showing his bending at its strongest, but why exert all that force only to end the fun? No he was going to keep playing with this man, it was fun to pretend that he wasn’t a prodigy because it was a world he had never known. “I’m sure I’ll learn something from this” Kio stated to re-enforce the lie.

[Axl Ro-Zu]

Axl flinched as the bolder flew toward him, flicking both wrists up and smearing the rock with flame. It melted, gradually through the air, eventually turning into a molten liquid that rested upon the sand around Axl.

"Hmmph", Axl smiled, jumping a bit then landing, with his foot stomping into the sand. Flame shot up and toward Kio, in a beautiful fireworks-like display. Axl stepped back into stance as the shotgun technique flew at Kio, separating a little wider with each inch it travelled, covering a fair amount of area.

The sand shifted around him, a rather messy battle ground, if ever Axl had seen one. He punched two follow up fireballs, which travelled not too far behind his first attack.