บท 7: Kira
As Madara is guided back to his abode by Kira after walking around the village for a whole day the gears in his head keeps spinning, thinking about the possibilities, once they reach the door of his shack he stops and turns towards her.
"I don't know if would be me overstepping my boundaries here but I have to ask... do you mind if i watch you girls practice on your dojo?"
She looks at him suspiciously "You want to learn our combat techniques? Look Madara, after following you the whole day I believe less and less that you actually are a spy, but regardless of that, rules are rules, and even if you were to become a friend of our village, we don't teach outsiders, especially men... no offense"
He chuckles "None taken, and no I'm not asking to be taught, I'm asking to watch, it can be even just for one day, it's just that I also have my own martial arts and I want to compare to yours without the need of actual battle."
She holds her chin with one hand and considers his request "I will talk to the village chief, that's not something even I, the current leader of the Kyoshi Warriors, can just accept like that, it belongs to our culture after all."
He nods "I understand, by the way have you fought many Fire Nation soldiers?"
She raises a brow "Some... why you ask?"
He shrugs "I heard Fire Nation soldiers' study on an academy or school or something... and they have a standard combat style, you probably already noticed if you fought them, so once you spar with me you will see how different my combat is compared to them, easing your suspicions of me being a spy, and hopefully loose my metaphorical shackles a little bit…"
She chuckles "Yeah that could help your case a bit, but high ranks and nobles tend to have their own family style..."
Madara just kept staring at her with a deadpan expression.
"What?" she asks.
"No noble would send their family as a spy… and about the whole being high rank on the Fire Nation army… I'm fucking 9 years old!"
She chuckles and give him and awkward smile "Yeah... sorry about that... its just that you don't talk like a 9-year-old at all."
He just shrugs "Anyone in my situation would have to mature fast-" he then notices what he just said and stopped talking, turning towards the door and opening it "Then I hope I receive good news about the whole thing, thank you for everything today." He bows his head slightly and entered his house before closing the door, leaving Kira with her thoughts outside.
"Anyone in your situation huh?" she muttered to herself and walked away contemplating.
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Inside one of the biggest houses in the village the stout old man that Madara recognized was brewing some tea for himself after a long day of work.
Suddenly he hears knock sounds on the door.
"You may enter." He said.
"Excuse me then" Said a melodious female voice as a Kyoshi Warrior walks into the room after removing her boots by the entrance.
"Ah, Kyoshi leader Kira, welcome welcome, want some tea?" He says with a kind grandfatherly smile.
"Hi there Oyaji, ah yes I could have some tea right now." She says as she walks towards the teapot and pours some tea for herself before sitting right across of him.
"So how can this old man help you today?"
"Its about Madara, the outsider."
"Oh, the spy?" He raises an eyebrow.
She shakes her head "I don't believe he is a spy, he is too young and his behavior is not fitting for a spy at all, what kind of spy would just accept be openly known by the people whom they want to spy on?"
Oyaji shakes his head "You cannot underestimate how insidious the Fire Nation can be Kira, don't be naïve, you know that he is a potential threat."
Kira stares at him "But he can also be a potential friend, he did nothing wrong, on the contrary he walked around the village like a tourist, was polite, and didn't create any issue even if it was just me following him, he could've attacked or attempted to start trouble but he did nothing, he just took the hostile gazes of the villagers and shrugged them off…"
Oyaji stares at Kira's eyes with a serious gaze "You cannot underestimate their plans Kira, this could be all part of his plan! If it was up to me, we would've tied him up and extracted information out of him…"
Kira raises her eyebrows "That's extreme..."
"Extreme? You want to know what's extreme? A 100-year war is extreme!!"
The Kyoshi leader kept staring at the Village leader for a whole minute in silence before giving up, she would never be able to convince this stubborn old man of opening their borders a tiny little bit. 'Kyoshi Island is too isolated and have no friends anywhere... we do have geographical advantage against an invasion, but without aid from the Earth Kingdom we won't be able to stop an army... only stall for time... and time for what? Who would've come anyway?'
She finished her tea and placed the small cup on the table. "He asked to watch our training for a day..."
Oyaji snorted "Of course he did, he is a spy and a spy's job is to gather information..."
She took a deep breath and said it "And I plan on accepting it..."
Oyaji's brain stopped working for a few seconds before exploding "YOU CAN'T! KYOSHI WARRIOR'S TECHNIQUE ARE A SECRET OF OUR PEOPLE!"
"He didn't say he wanted to learn, he said he wanted to watch for one day, he wants to compare with his own techniques and after considering his reasoning… I decided to accept it."
"I FORBID IT! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED!"
Her eyes narrows and her gaze intensifies "You forbid it? You have no say in this, this is our business… we don't meddle with your government and you don't meddle with our things, that's how our squadron always worked since its creation by Avatar Kyoshi herself, i'm merely informing you because it's the rules!"
Oyaji was about to reply when a childish voice echoed through his house.
"Oyaji! Oyaji! We finished cleaning the kitchen! You promised that our punishment would be over after that!"
Kira looked around and her gaze softened once she spotted a small 6-year old girl with pale skin, blue eyes and auburn hair cut into a common bob haircut with a high spiky ponitail, followed by a group four other kids, one of which resembles her a lot.
"Not now Suki, Oyaji is busy." Said the old man with a soft voice.
"Woooooo! It's Lady Kira from the Kyoshi Warriors!" the little girl had stars in her eyes. "Me and my friends decided that we will join the Kyoshi Warriors, Lady Kira!"
Kira let out a soft charming chuckle and kneeled in front of young Suki, patting her head "And we will obviously welcome such brave and strong girls, but you have to wait a few years first, so be patient, okay?" she said flashing a kind sisterly smile.
All five little girls bobbed their heads up and down like chickens, Kira was their idol and what all of them dreamed to become, beautiful, strong, gentle and imposing, it was the image of the perfect woman in their eyes.
"B-but… we wanted to see you fight more o-often… i-i-is there a way to let us watch?" said the other girl that looked very similar to Suki, stuttering a bit.
That triggered Suki, she didn't want their idol to see them as weak girls. "Mingxia!"
But Kira just laughed "Its fine, its fine… "then she thought about something and a smile blossomed on her face "In fact, next week we are planning on holding an open training so the younger generation can watch... if you girls want you can-"
She couldn't even finish her words and the young girls started jumping around like the hyperactive children that they were, shouting in excitement
"WE WANT WE WANT!"
"WE WILL BE THERE!"
"YEEEEEEEEEEEEES!"
It was so cute that even Oyaji couldn't bring himself to ruin this moment, all he could do is frown as he stared at Kira 'what a cunning woman…' then he took a deep breath and nodded.
"Alright Kira, go ahead and do it, but it will be only once, and I want to be there as well, I will also invite some earthbenders from neighbor villages to come and assist us in case of anything go wrong"
Kira said nothing, just nodded and after patting the head of all the other four girls she wore her boots, stood up and walked out of the house, leaving Oyaji to suffer from the hyperactiveness of the girls on his own.
He could only let an exhasperated sigh, turning to the girls with a smile…
"So, you cleaned the kitchen huh? Well, it's time for me to do the inspection then..."
"Er…."
"Hmmmm.."
"I got to go to the restroom…"
"My tummy doesn't feel good..."
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Madara finished filling his 'bath tub' with water, took his clothes off and jumped in, although it was nothing more than an oversized bucked that could fit a grown up, it was more than enough for him.
He secretly used his firebending to heat the water until it was the perfect temperature for him, he laid his head on the border of the tub and closed his eyes.
"Now I have to find a way to earn money… but who would employ a 9-year-old? I doubt that this village will just accept using their own money to pay me considering how they stare at me…"
Looking at his own body "A 9-year-old doesn't inspire confidence on anyone for any job… the Kyoshi Warriors only backed down because they recognized my skills during our stare down but that's only because they are knowledgeable of martial arts, the ordinary ignorant citizen from this place won't behave the same way… it seems that the Kyoshi Warriors are my only hope here… sigh… I pray that everything works."
He frowns "I hate being in a kid's body, people don't trust my skills, people don't trust my words... and I can't even have fun... going this far back wasn't worth it at all!"
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KojiSan I wanted to make this chapter to have character development and have some settups and payoffs in the future, i really dislike when the whole thing feels "convenient", so it is needed some time to set things up beforehand to make it feel natural.
I still hope you enjoy the chapter though! your support is inspiring me to keep writing! thanks a lot!
And NO, Kira is 18 years old right now, she isn't a possible romance.
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