General Scorch (Elite Fire Bender)

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??Rampage had just told Fang to finish off Rin

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Fang looked at Rampage, at Scorch, then the axe. He looked at Scorch and he nodded, Scorch nodded back. Fang picked up the axe and turned around. Rampage was behind Scorch watching him. Fang lifted the axe above his head and quickly threw it to Scorch.

"What!" exclaimed Rampage. Scorch caught the axe and turned to Rampage.

"Hoho, look at how the tables are turned," said Scorch. He swung the axe at Rampage, forcing him to back away. Scorch jumped and swung the axe again at??Rampage. "And look, my fire bending won't help you."

"Hmph, I don't need fire bending to destroy you, brat!" exclaimed Rampage as he lunged toward Scorch. Scorch rolled out of the way.

"Come on,"??Scorch thought, "think. How did Rampage get my bending?" He suddenly remembered what Rampage had said about emotions. "Yes, but I never fell rage, but Rampage??always does. He must have to feel something he never feels. Love is out of the question... That's it!" He swung the axe again and Rampage and slowly forced him near the edge of the rail.

Scorch inhauled.??"Is that fear your feeling?" asked Scorch, "an incompitent emotion." Scorch pressed the axe against Rampage's throat, forcing him to lean back. Scorch noticed a black spot appear on Rampage's armor. He pressed the axe closer to Rampage, and the black spot got bigger. Rampage finally fell back and was barely hanging on to the rail. "Oh, that's right, you can't??swim can you?" The black spot finally erupted??from Rampage and??went into Scorch. He felt an enormus surge of energy go through his body and he dropped the axe on the deck. He went back to Rin and Fang.

"Now, its your turn!" exclaimed Rin as??she charged toward Fang. Scorch stopped her. "What are your doing?"

"Nice performance," said Scorch, "your really had me going there for a second."

"Ah, you were pretty good yourself," said??Fang.

"Scorch, what is he talking about?" asked Rin, "I'm confused..."

"You remember back on land when Fang whispered into my ear?" asked Scorch, "well, he told me his plan on how to get us out of that mess. That led to me letting us??to get captured."

"Oh, so have you been able to fire bend the whole time?" she asked.

Scorch sighed, "alas, no. That part??I didn't fake. I don't know what happened..."

"Ah well," said Fang, "whats done is done. Now how about we go back to Ba-Sin-Sa?" Scorch nodded. He took??Rin in his arms without asking her this time. Rin looked at him and smiled. And with that, they went back to the??Earth Kingdom??capital.??

---A few moments later---

The gang got over the wall and, surprisingly, hadn't attracted any attention. Scorch had noticed Fang's new sword and saw the excellent detail and craftsmenship that had been put into it.

"Hey Fang," said Scorch, "who made that?"

"Oh, a really good blacksmith," he said, "why?"

"Could you take me to her?"

"Uh, yeah, I guess," he said.

Fang-Airbender

-This part is a first person view of Fang vs Rin-

"You'll fight me, huh Rin". I smiled, almost laughing."Well, I guess that's fine. I've actually been wanting to see what you can really do." Drawing my sword, I closed my eyes and started to say "This will be a good warm...", I just managed to block the wave of fireballs Rin launched at me. Using the sword as a focus, I sent several narrow but fast waves of wind at her. She used fire to increase her speed and evade them. She then launched a wave of fire at me, but I took a deep breath and blew it back at her. It knocked her off her feet but she quickly regained her stance. "What,is that it? I could take you with my eyes closed if it stays like this".

"Damn you, you vile toad. DIE!!!". She charged head-first at me, launching another wave of fireballs at me. I blocked them easily and was prepared to counter attack when I realized she was right in front of me. She went to hit me, but I easily blocked her. Suddenly, she took a deep breath, and blew blast of fire at me. I moved the sword to block it and although it did, the force was too much and I lost balance. I tried to get back up, just to see Rin standing above me.

"Fine, you win. I know when I'm licked", I said, noticing that her attention was turned towards Scorch. Seeing my chance, I used the air to propel my knee into her stomach. "Then again, winning is so much better". She buckled over, not knocked out, but winded. She had time to curse once more, before she passed out.

"Nicely done boy. Now, finish off that little nuisance and Scorch". Rampage handed the axe to me, which I willing took. "With pleasure", I said, smiling. Then before he could do anything, I threw the axe to Scorch.

"What are you doing, you fool". Rampage snarled, grinding his teeth.

"Turning the tables, you big idiot", launching Rampage towards Scorch, who was eagerly awaiting his opponent. Scorch quickly defeated him, regaining his fire powers in the process. He gave me the thumbs up, and I returned the gesture. Then I noticed Rin moving in to attack me. Scorch stepped in and quickly said "Nice job there Fang. You really had me going there for a while".

"Hey, not so bad yourself." Rin looked at the 2 of us like we were crazy.

"What are you guys talking about. Didn't Fang betray us?"

"That was made up, in order to find out a way to defeat Rampage. Although, if you had beat me, then this could have turned out bad, so I had to be sure I won." Scorch explained that when I whispered in his ear a while back, he told him of this plan.

"Whatever, I'll deal with you later. In the meantime..." she jumped into Scorch's arms. With that, we took off for Ba-Sing -Se.

(After arriving in town)

Soon after we reached Ba-Sing-Se, Scorch asked about the person who made my sword. I told him a blacksmith in town. He asked me to take them to her, so we set off again to find the blacksmith.