Chapter 270: Let Her Be FreeChapter 270: Let Her Be Free
A/N: I think remembering the Ty sisters can take a lot of time, so how about I add (number) after their name according to their births, like Ty Lee(7), since she's the youngest?
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Suki smiles proudly as she looks at the group of uniformed Kyoshi warriors. She admits she used her uniform's materials sparingly, not often using it to dress other girls, but now she can replenish most of it without issues! And what a sight it is!
Michi and others mingle with her previous team stationed on Kyoshi Island, chatting about each other's experiences. The Ty-Sisters attract the most attention, and the compliments of how good they look together barely bother them anymore. Unable to resort to her handstands or cartwheels in the armored uniform, Ty Lee(7) settles to skip toward Suki with a huge grin. "How does this look?" She twirls on her toes, and her arms spread wide as her sisters surround Suki quickly.
"You all look great," Suki smiles as the sisters interject whatever she plans on saying.
"But it's a bit heavy, no? It'll take too long to strip and go for a swim," Ty Liu(4) shakes her head and crosses her arms over her plated torso.
"Forget about swimming," Ty Lin(1) gushes excitedly. "Can I get a matching flute? It would look cute and practical!"
"A flute's not practical in bashing someone's head, bitch," Ty Woo(6) scoffs. "We need something bigger and longer!"
"Speaking of a big and long object," Poppy looks at the woman her age and recites last night's event softly, her story attracting other young Kyoshi warriors around them, including Suki's old group.
"I know," Ty Lum(5) grins. "We can organize a great choreography with metal fans and Lao's(3) Origami!"
"I can do that," Ty Lao(3) nods with bright eyes.
"And the music is our duty," Ty Lat(2) nudges Lin's(1) shoulder with a wide grin.
"And all I have is acrobatics," Ty Lee's(7) shoulders slump, unable to find anything noteworthy to match her sisters' excitement. Again, she is somewhat over her deeply rooted issues with her siblings. But it is disheartening that her sisters achieved so much aside from just acrobatics. Well, everyone except the sailor-mouth Ty Woo(6).
"Oh! Wait!" Ty Lee(7) perks up again and looks at Ty Woo(6). "You're as useless as me!"
Woo(6) deadpans at her sister before her fingers clamp on Lee's(7) cheeks as she hisses with a grin, "Who are you calling useless, bitch?!"
"Alright," Suki interjects and claps her gloved hands to attract the chattering ladies' attention, noticing a few of her teammates acting weirdly.
"What's going on?" Suki tilts her head in confusion as the young girls shake their heads quickly while casting fleeting glances in Poppy's direction. Sighing to herself and understanding they might have eavesdropped on a more intimate conversation than they expected, Suki pushes past any of their awkwardness and commands, "We have been training for many years. Let's demonstrate to our relatively new members how we usually practice!"
"Yes!" All of Suki's former teammates shout excitedly before one of them inquires in a shy tone. "Suki, can we meet the Plunderer?" Feeling one of her teammates nudging her, the girl adds quickly. "I mean, Nik, of course! We just heard a lot about him as the 'Plunderer' than the Hero."
"That's quite alright," Poppy smiles at the group of girls, chiming mischievously. "Did you know me and my daughter are the reasons he got that name?"
"What?" The girls' eyes widen!
"Amazing! I didn't know you were already a mother. Must be recent."
"No, she will reach 19th year soon," Poppy smirks, feeling quite happy at the indirect praise.
"Wow! And now you're one of us? You have to give us a few tips. I'm already engaged," One of the girls gushes.
"You did, Ria?" Suki's eyes widen for a different reason now.
"Uh, yeah?" Ria grins. "I thought I'd have everyone in our group beat, but who knew you and the Plunderer were a thing? Uh, Nik."
It's clear by their excitement the group of women found more excitement in Nik's legends as the Plunderer rather than the Nut Crushing Messiah and the Hero of Ba Sing Se.
Suki shakes her head again before unfolding her fans. "Get in positions or spar with me."
Almost everyone, including the lethargic Jin, gets in their positions as quickly as possible.
"I won't strip the village of its warriors!" Suki looks up and discards the notion completely when Oyaji shakes his head again.
"You won't. We produce warriors not because of training but due to our culture. Your teammates respect you. While many of them initially refused Mingxia's notion of traveling the Earth Kingdom, they grew to miss her, no?"
Suki recalls the previous leader of the group, who left the island, too. Though, their circumstances are different. Mingxia faced criticism from others for her decision, including Oyaji, who proclaimed that their Island's isolated nature is the reason they are safe. But Suki's departure was met with the arrival of Avatar Kyoshi herself. Others barely raised a voice during her time.
"Did you find Mingxia in your travels?" Oyaji questions suddenly as Suki shakes her head.
"I traveled to a few prominent locations in the Earth Kingdom but didn't encounter her."
The room descends into silence again, Suki's gaze somehow drifting to the piece of paper again as she focuses on the handwriting on the paper.
Something about this message bothers her again.
Oyaji nods with a complicated look flashing in his eyes before he musters.
"You should look for your teammates and explain the situation."
"I can't," Suki smirks, her blue eyes lighting with cathartic joy. "They grew too indisciplined to my liking and kept getting distracted by Michi and others. So, I sent all of them to collect dumpling weeds for the warehouse. In their uniforms."
"Hmm, so they will take some time," Oyaji regains a bit of his mood and offers, "A cup of tea, maybe? Or do you want to go looking for Nik?"
"I want to first check on Ignit before doing anything," Suki smiles brightly as she stands up and leaves, adding, "But I will return for tea. Thank you for hearing me out, Chief Oyaji."
As she steps out of the door, her smile fades completely, eyes reddening slightly. However, she looks in the direction of the Kyoshi Shrine with a somewhat complicated look.
'I finally understand what's going on, or I hope I do.' She sighs.
'Is it because of Nik that my travels in other islands are no longer peaceful too?' She muses while shaking her head. 'I should check on Ignit before seeing things for myself. A sudden note from Kyoshi? With her headdress?'
Suki shakes her head again. As she promised, she wouldn't let Oyaji's decision ruin things for her. But Oyaji did set her in the right direction, and she will ask her teammates to follow her once they return.
She descends the slope on which her village is built, walking between the lane created by two uniform rows of houses and stalls with the entrance of the settlement graced by a wooden statue of Avatar Kyoshi.
"Ignit should be a little farther from the entrance," Suki already hears Ignit scoffing down the food she prepares for herself by breathing flames. For some reason, Ignit never eats anything uncooked by her flames. But it's just one of her quirks that gives others more insight into the ways of a Proud Dragon.
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Alternate Title: Kyoshi Warriors Simpling For Hot Mommies—Nik: You And I Are Not So Different After All; Poppy Earning Browny Points Under The Stares of Other Classified Milfs; Every Legend Has a Woman And Her Daughter Behind The Tale—Poppy, Probably; Girls Do Love a Good Plunderer; Nik Gonna Plunder His Way to Kyoshi; Suki's Requests; The Ways of the Kyoshi Island; A Predicted Rejection; Suki's Cultured Ways; A Punishment Worth the Crime?; The Proud Droggo and Suki; A Mysterious Note; Suspicious Suki
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