Academy Encounters [2/6]

Author's Note: This story is 100% improvised, and something I write for fun when I feel like it, and I may or may not take writing it seriously. I don't plan for shit, so if you notice inconsistencies within the story that I didn't edit let me know, if you don't...

There's gonna be turmoil in thy streets...

Home brother.

P.S. There might be some mistakes, however I wanted to release this, so if you also spot incomplete sentences, also let me know.

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Well this is just great...

One moment i'm walking down a path, basking in the ambiance, and then the next moment i'm facing a 1v3 situation, against a currently angry and irrational fire princess.

"Oh my, a surprise party? Just for me?" I said sarcastically, exasperated from the events of today.

"You don't know your place, do you? Would you like me to show you?" Azula responded, exiting out of the brush and walking in front of Ty Lee and Mai.

"Aren't you a little fire cracker." I said while laughing at her insult.

Looking over to her friends, I notice Mai and Ty Lee's faces beginning to form a slight grin.

Curious, I use [TARGET STATUS] to see how they feel about this situation.

[STATUS: MAI]

[SCARED] [+CONCERNED] [+CURIOUS]

(pluses are emotions recently gained)

[STATUS: TY LEE]

[SCARED] [HAPPY] [+CONCERNED] [+CURIOUS]

'Happy? Is she like that 24/7?'

[STATUS: AZULA]

[+FURIOUS] [+IRRATIONAL] [+UPSET] [+FASCINATED] [+EMBARRASSED]

'I smell a crazy bitch with extra crazy.'

Loosely taking hold of her emotions, she began to speak, "you told my mother didn't you?" Azula growled.

"Excuse me, what?" It's like a charge of 'what did you say bitch?' energy coursed through my body, gathering on the back of my right hand.

Both Mai and Ty Lee began to giggle uncontrollably

'She-She's trifling...'

'The back of my hand...it's tingling,'

'My pimp hand, it-it's awakening.'

"Do you expect a full consolation for blasting flames at my explosive "chemistry" project?"

Mai and Ty Lee at this point begin to wheeze and laugh from the scene unfolding in front of them.

"I EXPECT EVERYONE TO BE COMPLIANT!"

before finishing, she quickly turned around to Mai and Ty Lee, immediately making them stop.

"I'm royalty, I deserve and expect to be treated as such, and I want YOU on the ground groveling, NOW!" Azula demanded, turning back to me.

▪︎▪︎[TALENT UNLOCKED]▪︎▪︎

PIMP HAND [MAX]: Did you know that at least 75% of bitches suffer from some kind of hearing loss? [SLICKBACK] (Slide a bitch back in her place, works on bitches 100% of the time, if it doesn't then it's your money back guaranteed.)

(ⁿᵒ ʳᵉᶠᵘⁿᵈˢ)

As soon as Azula finished turning around she started shooting blasts of fire at me.

Shifting into pimp stance, I start dodging and dancing through the blasts of shoddy anger filled flames.

Triggering my inner Kenshiro, I make my way in front of Azula.

"WAAAA-"

"Both of you stop!" a familiar elderly voice demands.

Feeling a chill down my spine, I regretfully jump back, exiting out of back-handing range, promptly looking over to where the voice came from.

'WHO DARES DENY HER MY CURE!'

Walking down the path were everyone's favorite uncle Iroh, and my father Cyrus.

Looking over to the mental trio, it seems they were just as surprised as me.

"Solaris why are you fighting, and worst of all, in front of our sacred Torii Gate?" Cyrus responds smiling, with a hint of curiosity showing on his face.

All 3 girls quickly turn their heads back to me with their eyebrows raised at the mention of my name.

"What a pretty name." Ty Lee comments.

"It's a cool name, I know." I respond before answering my father's question.

"Anyways, It started at-"

Before I was able to speak, Azula cuts me off.

"We were simply inspecting this beautiful gate, but we were unexpectedly threatened and attacked by your son." Azula quickly adds with her terrible signature grin, before finishing with a capitalization on my father's words.

"He was going on some sort of tangent about it being sacred."

My father's face begins to form a large smile, laughing aloud as if he heard a joke, which caused Azula to look obviously annoyed.

"Hahaha, the only thing sacred about this gate, is how long it's been around, we all know what happened anyways. Hahaha!" my father said between laughter.

'This man has balls of steel.'

At this point Azula was fuming after being tricked, practically going red in the face with embarrassment, preparing to barrage us with threats and insults.

The only thing stopping the great flood is the dam beside my father.

Iroh, looking at Azula with a questioning gaze quickly starts to defuse the situation.

"Azula...take your friends and go home, it's late."

"I know you are angry about what your mother said, but this has gotten out of hand."

"You should know, this boy is just as capable as you are, why not take some time, and learn from each other?"

Iroh's words begin to penetrate through Azula's thick skull, causing her mind to reflexively close herself away.

Unwilling to listen any longer, she begins to walk away with her buried contempt.

"Nobody is better than me..." She quietly mutters

"We were competing?" I said confused, correcting her misunderstanding as she begins to leave.

Pretending to ignore what I said, Azula signals Mai and Ty Lee to follow her back

"Bye Sol!" Ty Lee cheerfully departs.

"Bye." Mai said, bluntly departing.

"Bye..." I said in a exhausted sigh.

▪︎▪︎ [QUEST COMPLETED]▪︎▪︎

- [+2000 EXP]

- [+5 VIT, STR, AGI, END, INT]

- [+10 BONUS STAT POINTS]

- [BONUS REWARDED: SLICKBACK'S RUBY RING

(+8% CHARM, CAN CALL UPON THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PIMP NAMED SLICKBACK.)]

I quickly turn to face my father and Iroh.

"General Iroh welcome! Hahaha, so what's the occasion?" I promptly spoke, with my arms outwide for a welcoming hug to Iroh and Cyrus.

'Hopefully he won't ask many questions.'

Iroh, realising my quick subject change, played along.

"We are having a tea meeting, and please, don't be so formal, just call me by my name."

Noticing my curiosity, Iroh began to further elaborate.

"You see, your father and I are very good friends, bonded by our passion for tea... and despite the chaos that was Ba Sing Se, we managed to form this comradeship."

Seeing my confusion disappear but my restlessness continue despite the subject change, Iroh helps bury the earlier situation on a note.

"Azula is not a evil girl, she is just misguided, please do not take her actions to heart."

"I will...take that to thought..."

"Now, with all this out of the way, why don't we continue, and enjoy some tea?" Iroh chuckled, immediately dropping the subject.

"What kind is it?" shooting back a reply.

"Jasmine." Iroh said with a smile.

'Knew it.'

[Of course you did.]

Hiking up the trail, Iroh talked about the different tea varieties, thats literally all the man talked about, he listed so many, THAT HE GAVE ME A PERK!

▪︎▪︎[PERK ACQUIRED]▪︎▪︎

TEA SCHOLAR: Using known tea varieties will grant a boost in deliciousness.

'He should honestly make his own tea club.'

Coming up to the house, we find my mother Asara waiting for us in the garden.

My mother Asara, while insufferably strict, is a very caring person.

She has a round face, with dark night sky hair, cloudy golden eyes almost similar to mine, and is wearing a traditional fire nation Hafu.

Walking over, underneath the small elegant red and black gazebo, I spot a heating rack, and a matching fire nation themed kyusu tea set.

"I'm curious, would you mind taking the time to give me a once in a life time tea demonstration?" I asked curiously, looking at Iroh.

He began to smile.

"Sure thing."

As he began making the tea, he demonstrated the motions, emotions, and knowledge needed for professional tea making, and a demonstration it was.

I gained a whole 6 levels listening to him...

SIX LEVELS! He gave me a tea making perk and talent, WITH a extra bonus.

▪︎▪︎[TALENT UNLOCKED]▪︎▪︎

TEA SOMMELIER [LVL 6]: It's just hot leaf juice. [IROH'S DISCIPLE] (Chances of making world class tea increased by 10%, tea made by you can heal wounds and calm the mind, world class tea gives a spiritual bonus.)

After the demonstration, Iroh began to pour the tea.

"Woah..."

Taking a sip, I'm immediately exposed to spiritual energy.

The energies begin swirling and moving like a brush on a empty canvas, healing and expanding my veins, seeping and intruding into my soul.

I begin to see visions, visions of nature, how life is intertwined, hippieness.

Taking me out of my hippie trip was Iroh gently grabbing my shoulder.

Coming out of my stupor, I notice everybody leaned over the table looking at me.

"What did you see?" Iroh questioned me, silently waiting for my response.

"I saw nature, and how it is intertwined with all beings in it."

Asara and Cyrus immediatly begin looking at each other with widened eyes.

Iroh suddenly giving a wide smile, begins to pretend like what happened was a sudden fever dream.

'He's seriously not gonna elaborate?'

Looking over to my mother and father, they were also putting up their poker faces, pretending that nothing had happened.

"Are you guys seriously not gonna say anything?"

"Yes." All of them responded in unison.

'Damn your secrets.'

As I drank the tea, I was asked various questions about school and my grades, just various random things happening in my life.

The conversation went back and forth between all of us for about 3-4 hours, before I was ordered by father to go back inside.

Walking back up to my room, I finally decided to let the Polar bear dog pup out of its cage under a certain condition before heading to sleep.

I just have to get through the rest of this week, because this weekend...is business.

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(5 DAYS LATER...)

Today is May 20th, 94AG, and its time to make a business proposal.

I have decided to speed up the scientific advancement for this world and introduce new technology and weaponry.

At this instant the only option I have is creation through war.

However, I must also maintain that passion to invent and create through peace as well.

Which, funnily enough, can be even harder.

Giving weaponry and technology to turn the tides of war will hopefully reboot the morale of the Earth Kingdom's military and scientists.

I'm providing balance to the war, because an overwhelming dominance isn't fun, or part of my plans at all.

I've given the fire nation a bomb because soon they'll have the blimps.

I'm giving the Earth Kingdom a MISSILE, because of the soon to be blimps, with the soon to be bombs inside of them, those fuckers will make a magnificant display.

The invention of the hot air balloon and the blimp had been sped up due to Einsteins demostrated properties of hot air and gas with models I created for the project back in primary school.

They took the ideas and the models, and like in canon, they have somehow come into contact with the Mechanist, and have been paying him to build the balloons/blimps based on my models.

THOSE COCKSUCKING, IDEA TAKING, MONETARY GAIN SNATCHING, PROFIT MARGIN STEALING BASTARDS WILL PAY!

We will not point out any of the implications involving my rant.

They rewarded us with favoribility when we sign up for, join, and stay in the royal academy, however you will soon realise its not much of a reward IF YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE CLASSES!

Anyways, back to speed running life.

I'm meeting with a Beifong representative living in the fire nation.

Attending the meeting will be a couple of the squad in disguise, and a representative to provide the minute details.

I'm attending as well because I want to gauge my future business partners and their representatives.

I'm providing them the means of production, for a down payment, and a percentage on products sold using the mechanism i've put within the missile.

Now I could of just used gunpowder when it came to this mechanism, however I also need to speed up this worlds knowledge of mechanics and chemistry as well.

I didn't know the patent process of the world so I went to look and newsflash, patents don't fucking exist in this world.

So I must create a contract involving a series of legally binding statements and lines, down to the very detail.

I also have a shell corporation and paid lawyers/representatives for said establishment to represent me in court if anybody tried to stiff my ass.

Of course when it came to my soon to be business partners, all this isn't labeled "official" Beifong business, its more under "super secret" weapon manufacturing business.

Which means that they are also using a shell corporation, which explains why their so rich, because most of the merchants here don't even know what the fuck a shell corporation is.

Shocking.

As for my sudden profits, there is no need to launder the money, the currency used here can't be tracked, only when it's put in a bank.

So I have a offshore account, its called a hidden place in the middle of nowhere, surrounded with guards on my fresh criminal new leaf program.

Its called you work for me and I provide you a new life, or I beat you to death brutally if you don't.

The programs been widely successful thus far.

Of course they all don't know what I look like, they only know my alter ego Asura.

Don't...laugh...

Now onto the missile.

The earth missile, instead of being a blinding, burning stink cloud, its more of a deadly concussive explosion.

A very hot, dense, and high pressure bomb traveling at high speeds, beautiful.

It can be attached to a modified ballista (it doubles as a bolt due to the speed), it can use a fuse and...

The head of the missile.

Oh and yes, I've tested a couple prototypes, I made them when I was making the stink bomb, which was partially the reason why the stink bomb took so long.

I say I created this missile, however I recieved insight from Sav, a young mechanic mastermind he is, he also helped with building the mechanism within the new prototype.

Preparing for my business venture, I begin to gather my things and my Asura outift, the outfit being a sleeker, blacker, hoody version of the blade runner outfit with a black hannya mask.

I realise that I can't find my blueprints...

Uh oh.

Frantically looking around I notice in the corner of my room, under the desk is a polar bear dog cub, with my blueprints under it's paws.

"What are you doing with my blueprints?"

As I began to reach for them, the cub lowers its mouth towards the blueprints.

"Ay, AY! What the hell you doin' with my blueprints man?"

The cub the squints at me with a smug smile patting the blueprints with it's paw.

'I don't usually wanna eat dog, but for some reason it'll sound delectable tonight.'

Looking over to where the cub turned It's head, I see him looking at my breakfast.

'My god, i'm getting finessed by a puppy...'

[HAHAHAHA]

Handing him a couple pieces of chicken from my meal, he runs back into the cage, where I promptly lock him in.

"Disrespectful ass..."

After organizing my materials and hiding them until its time, I begin to complete my chores and assignments for the day.

Even during the weekends I got to work, tsk...

Soon night falls, signaling the arrival of my friends, and the beginning of my venture.

As I was beginning to walk up to the door, someone began knocking on the door, which I promptly open.

"Einstein, you ready to go?" I said, causing Einstein to become startled, jumping back in fear from the sudden opening of the door.

Einstein, whether you like it or not, that's his nickname.

His original name is Urozai, but since he's so good with calculation I nicknamed him Einstein.

He has a skinny yet tall frame, a round structured face, dark hair with a topknot hairstyle (the fad hairstyle for the fire nation other than the long and loose version), and clear round glasses covering his gold and brown eyes.

However, just because he's doesn't specialize in his bending like he does his math and analytical skills doesn't mean he's useless, he's about the same skill level as Zuko around the middle of the first season.

"Y-Yeah, I just need to pickup you know what." Einstein responded, quickly recovering from the sudden surprise.

"Good, but I wanna know what you've been feeding that little fucker."

"He was a little odd when I picked him up, he showed signs of having impeccable intelligence, why do you ask?" Einstein said curiously.

"I had to trade in order to get my blueprints back, he took my chicken."

"and as you know, nobody takes my chicken."

Einstein starts staring at me with a confounding look.

As he was about to question how I originally got finessed by a mutt, my mother walks around the corner.

"Where are you planning on going this late?" she questions looking between me and Einstein.

"My friend needs help with a biology project, he needs to capture a horned spotted night toad, but we're gonna go in my room to get some tools real quick." I rapidly respond.

"Oh...ok?" Asara responds with a confused look

She begins to leave and we quickly begin to move to my room, we snagged the mutt, and left before anyone else appeared.

"How has he been concealed all this time, he must of made some sort of noise, a bark, a growl, a whimper, claw sounds, anything, so how?"

"I told em' if he didn't stay quiet I would bring a Blazed Eaglehawk to come in and just stare at him...menacingly...all day...everyday."

Traversing down the hill and conversing about various "projects", we finally meet with Niro who was leaning up against the torii gate.

I don't have much to say about Niro, in short he's the almost complete embodiment of a younger Goeman Ishikawa XIII, looks almost the same, and his weapon skills are just as masterful.

"Niro? I almost expected Genji to come in your stead." I said, welcoming him with a jest.

"How hurtful, and here I thought we shared our ambitions." Niro responded jokingly in a mock hurt tone.

"We all do actually." Einstein corrected Niro, pushing his glasses back onto the bridge of his nose.

"Ha, that's enough chatter for now boys, we need to get a move on." I quickly interrupted before an argument insued.

As we made our way further down the hill, we make our way into the market district, cutting through the central plaza, and entering down several alleyways.

We make several complex turns and twists before entering into what was supposed to be a dead end.

However the bricks on the wall are doorknobs in disguise.

Upon touching the wall, I begin pulling out a brick that was poking out slightly, before turning it, causing the mechanism to begin its process.

"Damn...we usually have to get Brick to turn the handle" Niro said, still impressed by my hand strength, which should be no surprise, considering I look like a 12 year old who's been pumping iron since they were born.

As I turn the brick 36⁰, 45⁰, then to 90⁰, the ground in the right corner divides, opening up to a stairwell that goes deep underground.

You're probably wondering why there's a secret underground stairwell that leads underground, which is opened by a Earth Kingdom like mechanism?

It's because it was a Earth Kingdom smuggling den, built by master Earth Benders and Fire Nation mechanists before the hundred year war.

I was granted more than fortune when I raided that gang stockroom, I was granted information, which included lost but previously found abandoned smuggling and black market trader den locations, before and during the start of the hundred year war.

It has tunnels that lead everywhere underneath the fire nation, all the way to the Noble District, and even under the fucking Royal Palace.

Walking down the stairs, we walk into a small room and on the back wall was the entrance that looks like Bilbo Baggin's hobbit home entrance exterior, this entrance can only be opened with the help of both a earth bender and fire bender.

Grabbing onto 2 protruding bricks, I begin to turn them 4 different degrees before signaling Einstein to blow his flames.

As he began pouring out his flames, a series of cogwheels, pistons, and metal tubes began, signalling that the door was beginning to open.

When the door fully opened, I was greeted with a fully modernized dark oak speakeasy, as we came in, infront of us was a fractal abstract red, white, and black marble wall, with water running over it into a gravel garden below, as to our right was a sleek and modern dark oak bar, with comfortable dark oak stools, behind it are several rows of alchohol that line the dark oak shelves, you get the theme of the speakeasy yet?

However looking next to the bar is a wall with paintings, and in the middle of the wall was a archway opening to a long hallway with doors lining the walls that open to tunnels, and others to guest rooms that we stay in or hide things for extra safety.

Tending the bar was a old man, he had long white silver hair, with a long beard, having a eyepatch over his right eye, he wore a long white shirt, a black vest and tie, black dress pants, and alessandro galet scritto oxfords?

He seems familiar...

"I never get used to this place, it looks so...foreign, and new." Niro states, still unused to an alien theme.

"Sol, you never told me who that bartender was, and we've had this place for a while now." Einstein inquired, with Niro nodding his head in agreement also questions, "Yeah, and how does he even get in?"

Turning around I begin to answer their questions, "Oh him? He came with the place, as for how he gets in, I have no clue."

Niro and Einstein look at each other in confusion.

"What's his name?" Einstein questioned, interested in the identity of this person

"Hmm, I don't know."

'Although I'm sure he told me his name before, which is odd.'

"Now hurry up, let's put the dog up so we can get back in time for the meeting." I quickly urge.

"Alright..." Niro and Einstein sigh in even more confusion.

Walking my way up the stairs I hear the mysterious bartender warn one of my friends.

"Watch your step boy."

"What the fu..." Einstein blurted, before taking a half step and falling back down the stairs.

"Auhhhhh...." he wails, laying on the ground in pain.

"What the fuck are you doing" turning my head back around.

"Lying in pain..." Einstein whimpers, grabbing his head.

"Pussy." The old man whispers, quietly cleaning a glass.

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Finishing up at the secret hideout, we begin to make our way through the market district into the nearby housing district, by cutting down several alleyways and plaza's.

"Sol, we still need to put our costumes on what are we doing?" Einstein questions curiously.

"We have a tail." I nonchalantely responded.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US?!" Einstein exclaimed in a loud whisper while looking around.

"They haven't been onto us long, they started following us from the central district, we'll lose them around this alley way right here once we turn down it, y'all ready?"

Both Niro and Einstein slowly nod.

I slowly begin counting down while walking towards our getaway.

"5...4...3...2...1...LET'S GO!" I exclaimed in a whisper.

We begin quickly running down the alley way, running and ducking through obsticles in the way.

While turning and twisting around the alleys we reach a dead end.

Using synchronized acrobatics, running up the walls, and grabbing ledges, we toss each other up to climb the building in our way.

▪︎▪︎[TALENT UNLOCKED]▪︎▪︎

NINJA WARRIOR [LVL 1]: Truck, to refrigerator, to dumpster, 360 spin onto the pallets, then a backflip gainer into the trashcan. [HARDCORE PARKOUR] (Extremely flexible, climbing has become easier, traversing through obsticles has become easier, you've become light on your feet)

'Damn that's a good one'

Hiding behind a half wall, we look back down at 3 of our would be stalkers clothed in black turning into the alley, searching the dead end we climbed up from.

"Don't they look awfully short, and...feminine?" Einstein whispered softly.

'Shit.'

"That looks to be unstable trio, we gotta dip outta here right fucking now." I warned.

"Wait, you mean Azula and her 2 friends?" Niro responded.

Responding in a exhausted sigh, "Yeah, we butted heads and now it seems she has built a fascination, I hope the fascination is about my skills, and not how many different ways she can burn me."

As we parkour across the rooftops, we head to a far away rooftop to change into our disguises.

"You know that she's gonna be suspicious right?" Niro spoke as he finished changing.

"Let her be, for all we know she turned down the wrong alley, haha." my laugh suddenly getting deeper as I put on my mask.

After completing and reorganizing our materials, we begin making our way to the meeting spot in the commoner housing district.

Despite the stereotypes of class system housing, it's clean, like eat the food off the ground clean.

I would describe it as looking like the noble district, except with smaller houses and more compact, infact it looks like a Chinese and Japanese themed San Francisco neighborhood.

As we sneak our way in undetected, we come upon the meeting spot, the spot being a small shack in the outskirts of the district, we finally stumble upon my representative and business partner.

"Where the hell have you guys been? We were supposed to meet here 15 minutes ago?" Chang questioned nervously.

If there was a Saul Goodman in ATLA, it would be this guy, He's lankey in stature and ordinarily ordinary, only on the outside.

On the inside he's a fuckin scam artist, who creates scam masterpieces, but unfortunately his talents aren't needed right now.

"I had some fangirls stalking me" I responded, my voice deep from the sulfur hexafluoride I breathed in to scare him.

"Woah..." Chang blurted out, surprised at my sweet, deep, mellowy voice. "Anyways, we need to get in there, the client is getting restless."

"Let's go then, Niro, stay hidden out here, Einstein you're with me."

"Roger." Niro responds, immediately rushing into the brush to stay undetected.

Walking into the shack we spot the 2 representatives sitting on a prestine red and gold couch, sipping tea during their wait.

"Hello gentlemen, I hope I didn't keep you waiting for too long" I introduce myself, leaving the 2 gentlemen, Fang, and Shu confused and surprised, with a hint of fear due to my appearance.

"Ah, Ahem, well I hope the wait was worth it, I assume that you have the prototype" Shu responded, anxious to see the missile.

"Yes, in fact I do."

Snapping my fingers as I sat down on the opposite couch, Einstein passes me the prototype.

"This here gentlemen is the EKM-1 Brimstone, the name speaks for itself."

"This missle here is faster than a ballista bolt, explodes on impact, and completely aerodynamic." I begin the presentation, opening with the pros of the missile.

"So I hear, but what are it's capabilities?" Fang asked while Shu observes the prototype

"It can take out a whole infantry platoon of 35, or a tank platoon of 4, leaving a 10' crater, and a 33 yard blast radius of dust, fire, brimstone and ash"

"I see...but what about how to use it?"

Bringing out the blueprints, I point out its mechanisms.

"As you can see right here, there are 2 ways to launch the missile, from a modified ballista, or using earth bending on the rock rod inside the missile."

Shu and Fang's poker faces begin immediately melting straight off, exposing their emotions.

"Starting here is the head and the firing pin, upon impact, the head will move back onto the firing pin, setting sparks to several explosive chambers."

"However there is a second option, and its a timed fuse, but there is a mechanism within this that is very fascinating, its the propulsion system here-"

"What is this proportion system you are talking about?" Shu questioned, interrupting my explanation.

"...It's called a propulsion system, air comes in from the head, heads into the air pumps, the air is then compressed into hot air, which then mixes together with hydraulics, and fuel, which is then lead into a combustion chamber."

"The hot gasses then begin to become exhausted through this nozzle which boosts the speed of the missile." I finish explaining, waiting for their response.

"....." Fang and Shu begin looking at each other.

"What are you requesting for compensation?"

"2500 gold ban down payment, and I want 30% with anything using my ideas, and said propulsion system."

"2500 gold ban..." Fang and Shu become noticeably disgruntled at the asking price.

[1 Gold Ban = $150]

[1 Silver Ban = $50]

[1 Copper Ban = $1]

"How much is it to produce one of these missiles?" Fang trying to negotiate manufacturing costs opened up with.

"It's 100 gold ban for the entire manufacturing process."

"At least it's way cheaper than producing a tank." Shu whispers to Fang

"Chang, pass them the contract." I requested, trying to quickly make a deal so I can get back before my parents notice.

"2500 gold ban for the missile blueprint, and 30% on the sale of anything using my clients ideas, and propulsion system."

Chang then began giving the minor details and legal procedures needed.

"2500 gold ban...That's still too high." Fang again tried to re-negotiate the down payment.

'They're not paying attention to the 30%...'

'They're more worried about the 2500 gold ban, this is fabulous.'

'Lets go ahead and give them some words of inspiration.'

"Have you heard of the new weapon testing that recently happened?"

"N-No?" Fang confusingly looks at Shu who is just as bewildered.

"Recently a stink bomb was tested who's destructive capabilities are enough to make the war look more one sided than it already is..."

"and here you are infront of a weapon which is destructive to it's very nature, and I would go as far as to say that it would change the tide of battle..."

"once Ba Sing Se and the Earth Kingdom generals learn of it's useful and destructive capabilities, they will be on their hands and knees, begging for this magnificent product of war."

Fang and Shu's greed begins to seep through.

They look at each other as if quietly talking to one another.

"You have yourself a deal, we'll sign your contract, where should we send your profits from the sales." Shu responds, signing the contract eager for the glory and promotions that await him.

"Send half to the Baron's Apothecary and Science center in Fushu, and the other half right on this map."

I began to bring out a map where my profits would be stored.

"Once you arrive, a couple gentlemen will meet you, bring out this token and they will allow you in."

Fang and Shu began to look at each other confused one more time before handing me back the map, and taking the blueprints.

"Your downpayment will be deposited to your preferred location tomorrow." Fang alerts.

"Don't forget your token when you arrive." I warn, pointing at the token in his hand.

"Huh, oh...yes, yes." Fang said, giving a goodbye before quickly exiting out the shack.

"Send a couple of my spies to follow them into the Earth Kingdom, I don't want them skipping out, and make sure that the spies don't enter the Beifong residence once the representatives arrive there."

"Ah, hire some Shadow Well seekers, they should be good enough." I tell Einstein, as we were leaving.

"Got it..." Einstein responds acknowledging the order.

"NIRO!" I yell out to our sneaky samurai.

"Yeah..." Niro says, poking his head out of the bushes.

"It's time to leave, lets get this shit off boys."

"Roger..." Einstein and Niro once again respond in unison.

CHAPTER END.