A night in Ba Sing Sai

[CHI YON]

the walls of Ba Sing Sai stood proud. The unconquerable city was alive in its streets. It was late but much of the city was alive. Chi Yon walked threw the streets of the inner walls. This was a place of aristocrats, not a place of crime his Dai Li were needed elsewhere. With the influx of refugees getting people oriented and civilaized was the Dai Li’s top priority. As the guardians of culture and as Ba Sing Sai’s elite policing force they were most certainly necessary these dark times.

Chi Yon smiled as he walked. He was no longer a novice officer of the Dai Li he knew all the secrets of the city… and he did share them with the empress. The Dai Li were vary legal. Chi Yon walked with dignity and grace doing his patrol, just because this was the inner wall doesn’t mean someone wont try something well evil. And so he was here. He gave a slight yawn meetings had taken up most of the day and he did patrols at night was sleep ever a part of the job? No not really.

Chi Yon was alert though he always was. He had paid the consequences for not being alert once and was not about to do so again. he took care in his stride, and as he walked he looked from house to house, and saw the families that they represented. He envied that life the life of a family. a child a wife such things were not for him he was now thirty and had never even had so much as a fling. His work had always come first, and before he could notice it just seemed to become him. sure he was lonely at nights but his work kept him away from his house to often. Any wife would only live worried wondering if he would come home that night.

“All seems clear in this area I guess that means I should move onto the next one.” he spoke allowed in a soft voice his father was an aristocrat, and had always taught him to keep his voice low and sweet so that people will focus on what you are saying. If you yell to often the words are lost to the anger and passion of the voice. As a member of the Dai Li this restraint had served him well.

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] As the earthbending train pulled into the station for the inner walls of Ba Sing Se, Hiro smirked a little, his blue eyes flashing with the thrill of finally cornering the biggest score he had ever seen. "Thirty thousand, that's a pretty big score for such a small fry. I wonder if there's some catch to this guy?" he said, pulling out the wanted poster again and looking it over. He had seen plenty of people with rather large bounties, but this was the biggest yet. If he got this score, he could give his family the life they really deserved and then some. As Hiro walked off the train, he saw a man walking by in a bit of a rush and with a smile on his face. Hiro recognized him as the man in charge of the Dai Lee. His information sources had always been spot on, but this man was much easier to notice. He had a rather weak looking arm and he seemed to have a smile on his face when greeting people or just walking around. Hiro smirked again and started following the man. "Heh, I'll just follow the leader and he'll bring me to my pray," he thought, lowering his head a little as he followed the man. Hiro was tactical and knew that he could get further into the city by following the man that practically ran the city. Hiro knew he could get his bounty if he stuck close to the man in charge. word count: 256 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 256 notes: First post as Hiro the "bad guy" XD Won't be the last... Well, not yet at least XD

[CHI YON]

Chi Yon walked with pride aware of where he was going. From one district to another Chi Yon knew the layout of Ba Sing Sai well. He prided himself on the fact that he had walked every street of Ba Sing Sai at least once. His familiarity with the city was almost unmatched.

Chi Yon stopped for a moment he could have sworn he heard foot steps. He spent years as a member of the Dai Li before receiving this promotion. He knew when he was being followed and his gut told him that he was being watched. He resumed walking and smiled if he was then it was a simple matter.

Chi Yon walked towards the next area that he needed to patrol and then walked into a ally. He knew it was a dead end that was the point. He walked to the end of the allyway and then turned. Standing with his back to the wall.

“Do you think yourself funny following me? I will have you know that I have enough power that you will never be heard from again, so lets cut off this display. Show yourself.” In all truth Chi Yon wasn’t actually convinced he was being followed, but he was certain he had foot steeps following his own. and ever since his injury he no longer took chances. If he was being followed he would find out now and who ever was following him… was going to pay. Then again it was late, and it was possible his mind was playing tricks on him.

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] Hiro smirked as he saw the man turn into an ally. He may not know the capital city of the Earth Kingdom like the back of his hands, but he could smell a trap a mile away. Seeing as he was already a good deal away from the man as it was, he stopped after the man turned into the ally and leaned against the wall of the nearest tea shop. "Heh, please, I know better than to just walk into an ally like that. Don't take me as an amature," Hiro said aloud, looking into the window of the tea shop. He saw a family smiling and enjoying themselves with some tea, and felt rather enraged by the scene, knowing how much his parents and siblings always loved tea, and how that should be a scene from his past. Sighing, Hiro kept himself as calm as possible, thinking only about the bounty at hand, and watching the ally for Chi Yon to come out of it. If he missed his chance, this would all be much harder than it should be. After a few moments, a thought hit him, if Chi Yon knew he was following him, he wasn't doing his job well enough. "Hmm, I guess I'll have to make this more fun, won't I?" He thought to himself with a rather sadistic smirk before turning into the ally they had passed a moment ago, and pulling out two Kunai. He stuck one in the wall, then jumped onto it, and started jumping from wall to wall until he reached the roof. Once there, he pulled the little bit of rope that was connected to the kunai, pulling it out of the wall and pulling it back up to himself. Hiro rushed over to the edge of the roof and looked down, watching Chi Yon with a rather sadistic smirk on his face. "This is more like it, the predetor always having the high ground, always watching the one he stalks, waiting for the right moment to pounce," Hiro thought, waiting for him to continue on his way and to follow him again, this time from rooftop to rooftop. word count: 365 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 621 notes: Wooo! More words than last time, and I'm working on the evil genius thing quite well! XD

[CHI YON]

Chi Yon sighed guess he really was just hearing things he walked out of the ally way but instead of going back to his patrol he stopped at the tea shop, and then went in. it was late of course he was hearing things he was tired. And nothing rejuvenated ones energy like a glass of tea. He ordered his type and sat down as they brought him a tea pot.

The tea he ordered was a brew known to give people incredible energy. For him it would be useful because it would allow him to get back to his patrol at full alertness. The people at the Tea shop noticed him and there were murmurs but for the most part it was all in good spirits. He watched the family and there children sit and talk. And was again hit with that feeling of envy but more he just sat back watching them with a slight smile of pride.

This was a city where everyone was safe. There was no war in the walls of Ba Sing Se. All were safe within these walls. And he and the rest of the Dai Li would die to before that ever changed. even though they were not solders but rather police, he felt sorry for any army that would manage to get in past the first wall. Be it fire nation or otherwise. He sat back and drank his tea feeling the energy wake him up.“Much better but I think that perhaps I should end my patrol early tonight.”

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] Hiro watched as Chi Yon walked into the tea shop, then waited for a few moments. He was getting rather tired of this old man's game, and was getting more and more annoyed by the second. After waiting for the man to finish his first cup of tea, it had caused Hiro to get more annoyed than he liked to be. "Okay, that's it! I'm tired of this nonsense!" he yelled, more to himself than anyone that could hear him. Hiro walked to the edge of the roof and jumped down, landing in front of the tea shop and kicking the door in. "Chi Yon! I demand that you take me to your Dai Li agents at once or this shop will meet with an unfortunate accident!" he yelled at the people in the shop, more specifically the man that had just started on his second cup of tea. "If he won't lead me there, then the direct approach will have to work. I'll have to make him take me there, even if I have to use force, Hiro thought, pulling his swords from their scabbards and holding them blade down. He lowered himself a little to be ready for any type of attack that may come his way and watched the man. "If he captures me, it'll give me a good chance to break out of my cell and find the one I'm looking for, and if he doesn't capture me, then I'll just make him take me to them and I'll find the bounty that way. Either way it works for me, Hiro thought to himself, fighting and winning against the urge to smirk or smile. He was getting tired of having to do everything in a calm manner, and he was even more angry that the family hadn't left yet. They reminded him far too much of his own family in the past, before the unfortunate happened. word count: 331 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 952 notes: Heh, things are heating up aren't they? Pun not intended XD

[CHI YON]

Chi Yon was drinking his second cup as he was suddenly yelled at. He turned and sighed. he had no idea who this kid was he wasn’t in the Dai Li bingo book so he was either an out of Towner or a vary stupid person… probably both. He looked around and sighed he didn’t want to fight here, there was a family here that didn’t need this, and they were clearly terrified.

Chi Yon stood up his hands inside his robes as he stood up. The cup of boiling tea hidden in his hands, making sure that the cup only steamed out onto his palm so that it was well hidden within his robes. He bowed respectfully to the person that had called him out. still unsure of what was going on. “My condolences young man but if you wish to speak to the Dai Li there offices are on the other side of Ba Sing Se. I can escort you there in person if you so desire but I can guaranty that threatening a humble tea shop will do nothing, but insight the Dai Li to act in an unfavorable manor.”

Chi Yon’s voice was low and polite and calm. A vast contrast to the anger and passion that he clearly heard in this Childs voice. He walked only as close to the door as he needed to lifting out his left arm to point while the cup of tea remained hidden in his right hand. And then with no or vary little warning, the cup of tea was sent flying towards the mans face. The speed and accuracy of a lifetime of training to throw rocks guided the cups boiling contents towards the young mans face. the cup its self made from fine jade shattered in the mans hand and reformed around his hand to create the Dai Li’s favored weapon the thin rock glove.“however since you are itching for a fight I recommend you step outside.”

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] As the boiling water came flying at him, Hiro had very little choice but to use his firebending and quickly absorbed as much of the heat from it, then breathed it out with his breath before the tea hit his face. He smirked a little and lowered himself a little more. "I will only fight if I don't get what I want, and what I want is to inspect your Dai Li agents. I suspect one of them isn't who he seems," Hiro said, shaking his head a little and getting the tea off his face. He was lucky that he had absorbed enough heat to stop it from burning him, and he figured that if this man was alert enough, he'd notice that he wasn't burnt. "I won't fight if you agree to let me look at all of your agents, and I will leave and pay for any damages I have caused, but that is only if you will agree to my demands. What will it be old man, will you do as I ask, or do I have to get violent?" he asked, swinging his sword and cutting an unoccupied table in two. "This old man had better know what's good for him, or this won't end well for anyone, myself included. Though, I supposed I could play dumb and let him catch me and put me in a cell..." Hiro thought to himself, knowing that would work if he absolutely had to, or if the old man didn't do as he said. "No, that's plan B, for now, I should stick to my guns and see what he does. He doesn't seem stupid, so I can't imagine he would do anything to jeopardies the people in the shop, or the shop itself," he thought, knowing that he now had a backup plan if things went south. word count: 321 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 1273 notes: Hiro isn't gonna take that laying down, or is he? XD

[CHI YON]

Chi Yon raised his eyebrow this kid was a weird one breaking into Ba Sing Se and accusing a member of his Dai Li of corruption. There was a limit of craziness that he could understand but it got to a level were either the person was completely insane or he was telling the truth and he could tell that in this case he knew something.

Chi Yon straitened himself and dusted himself off and walked out the door gesturing for the young man to follow. If he was telling the truth and there was corruption in his Dai Li then he needed to expose what ever it was, before the empress found out. if he were too hand over there heads to her then this would not be so bad but if she were to find out, then he would be held accountable. In his mind threats of corruption were always handled with care.

Chi Yon sighed he knew that the man would follow but he had to make sure.“we shall talk business outside of this shop. But I warn you know if what you say is false… its been a long time since we had a Bender of your style in a Earth bending prison I know a few wardens who would love to take you in.”

Chi Yon was no fool he could tell a fire bender when he had seen it. absorbing the heat from the tea cleaver but it only made this situation more dire, a member of the fire nation was telling him how to govern his group. If he wasn’t telling the truth he would most certainly pay for this.

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] Hiro smirked a little and straightened himself up, put his swords back and wiped the rest of the tea from his face. "So, this man isn't stupid after all, good, this should make things much easier," he thought, walking outside of the shop after tossing a few gold pieces onto the front desk. Even if he was a ruthless bounty hunter, Hiro was an honest one when it came to debts. He had his father to thank for that. "So, will you listen to what I have to say, or are you going to hall me away? I know how you earthbenders feel about..." Hiro started, walking past the man a little and stopping for a second, a wicked grin on his face as he whispered the rest of the sentence. "Firebenders," Hiro knew that he was a wanted man himself, but he had destroyed as many of the posters as he could, and even stopped a fair deal of information that was trafficked in and out of Ba Sing Se from tipping off the Dai Li of his deeds. He would rather not have every earthbender in the capital wanting to capture him for any reason other than his own needs. "This should be easy, he seems like he'll listen to me. However, now that he knows I'm a firebender, this could put a damper on my 'Plan B'. I suppose 'Plan C' is the next option if he decides that he doesn't trust me, and wants to send me somewhere a little, less accommodating to my plans," Hiro thought, keeping his cocky attitude about him so as not to tip off the old man. word count: 280 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 1553 notes: Plan A: Currently working. Plan B: To willingly go as a captive into the cell in Ba Sing Se, good for a back up. Plan C: ? XD

[CHI YON]

Chi Yon was clearly un impressed by the fact that the kid was a fire bender. He walked as he always did invoking respect as he heard what this kid had to say, and he shook his head as he brought up the fact that he was both a fire bender and that earth benders are disliked.“What I dislike Is war and those that would support it. there is no war in Ba Sing Se because our walls keep violence out. but we take in hundreds of refugees every day. People who have come here for one reason or another seeking a better life. If a fire bender wanted to seek refuge in this city, my Dai Li would know but we would not act unless a citizen shows disrespect for the hospitality of the city. After all what is another refugee among hundreds?”

Chi Yon spoke with a low and respectful tone wanting to not cause violence, and instill not only authority but respect. So many times had his father reminded him that respect in once voice to everyone and anyone will get you more results then just passion or anger.

Chi Yon smiled as he walked. He knew much of the city if he wanted he could easily lure this kid into a trap but felt no need to do so. The Dai Li held there offices officially in the inner most wall. But close to it. and that’s where he headed now. “Now tell me what you know about one of my Dai Li? If what you say is true I will pay your price what ever it is I care not, and take your bounty so that I may deal with him… personally. However if what you say is false and this man is a law abiding citizen of Ba Sing Se…. you will never be found… do you understand this?”

It was not the best deal Chi Yon had ever cut but he had the money and the power to make sure what ever price was paid. He only cared about the corruption in his own ranks. And that meant destroying it, and making it a personal example to the other Dai Li who would think of stepping out of line. They were his men and for the most part they were all fiercely loyal to him. However there had on occasion been a black sheep in the family. And the thing about hammers that stood out is that they were quickly bashed into place.

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] Hiro smirked a little as he walked a bit behind the man. This would be more profitable than he had thought. As soon as the man said that if he was right, he would gladly pay him any price he asked, he figured out a perfect plan. "Well, I see that you are a very generous man. If I am right, I would like twice his bounty. You understand right? I can't really be gaining anything without showing that I captured him, so it's only fair that I get a little more compensation, is it not?" Hiro said with a grin. He felt himself right in the matter, because he would technically be getting a finders fee from Chi Yon after all. "So, seeing as you are willing to be so kind, please don't tell any of your agents that I am here. I would not want my bounty to flee from the scene, would I?" he said, pulling the wanted poster out of his pocket and looking it again. The man was in his early to mid twenties form the picture that was on the poster. He had sider burns, and the topical earthbender look to him. The crimes listed below, were a fair bit more than miner. "It says here, that he is wanted for destroying an entire Earth Kingdom city a few years back. The few survivors saw him laughing in the wreckage and saying that this was practice for his next big 'show'. I've tracked him down to having infiltrated this city, and disguising himself as a Dai Li agent, but not changing his name unless addressed by a superior officer," Hiro said, reading what was on the poster, and what he had written on the back of it as his notes. "If all of this is true, then he should still be in the city, and this is the stage for his next big show, and as far as I can tell, you and a lot of other people in this city, would rather not have the walls brought down, would you?" word count: 351 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 1904 notes: Hiro is a master planner... And a total dick... Don't you just wanna hug him!?

[CHI YON]

Chi Yon’s eyebrow seemed to rise as he thought about this. A criminal infiltrated his ranks? With the intent of breaking the walls of Ba Sing Se. He walked with authority but it seemed his pace quickened. This was worrying he didn’t want such a being to be inside his organization. And it worried him. The Dai Li were the elite the entry exams were harsh, and the requirements to become even the basic foot men of the Dai Li were harsh… clearly if he could get in someone Buttered up.

Chi Yon breathed a cooling breath before he spoke needing to keep his voice low and calm even though he did not feel that way.“If what you say is true, then you will get your money… but first I need to know what is the alias of this criminal, I know where all my Dai Li are at any one time, if you give me a name we can by pass going to My head quarters and go strait for where ever he is. and give a surprise inspection.”

Chi Yon was eager to talk to this person. a part of him was hoping that what the bounty hunter had said was not true. But he was already getting the feeling that this was correct information. After all it was seemingly to stupid for it not to be correct information. It was just past the point where lies would get you. so now it seemed that all he had to do was confront this person. And hope that it was false.

Chi Yon walked now uncertain of how he was going to go about this if it was true. He was glad to hear that this was the work of one mans plan his Dai Li had always been so loyal it would literally be difficult to turn to them against him. But someone impersonating a Dai Li was just as bad as someone trying to corrupt them. He would have to deal with this quickly.

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] Hiro walked a little faster and thought for a moment. He knew the man's real name, but not his alias, and that seemed to be a bit of a problem. "I apologize, but I don't know his alias, the most I can offer is his real name. Why not call in all of your Dai Li into one place, and I'll let you know if I see him?" he asked, looking at the poster again then thinking about what he was saying. "Actually, do you know any man that looks like this, or any variation of this?" he corrected himself, holding up the poster to allow Chi Yon to see the man's face and true name. Jin Feng was his name, and he looked to be a bit more ruthless than others. The one thing that gave him away, was that he had a scar, just under his left eye, something an eye-patch would easily cover if he needed it to. "This is the man I'm looking for. Seeing as his scar is the biggest decider, he may be hiding it, so any man that may have an eye patch or something to cover his eye or most of his face would be a good group to line up," Hiro said, knowing that he'd easily have been able to find the man if he weren't in such a big organization. "This is our best bet, and don't worry, I can tell if any of them are lying if you ask them questions, but if you don't believe me, then your best bet would be to have them remove whatever they're wearing that may cover it," he said, speaking seriously and less cocky than he had all night to the man. He knew this man was now nervous that he was right, and he didn't want to waste any time getting his bounty and allowing the man to see where he went wrong with his security so it didn't happen again. word count: 342 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 2246 notes: Things are getting serious now, and things are only going to get better when Jin Feng rears his ugly face XD

[CHI YON]

Chi Yon nodded and looked at the man. His mind went over dozens of Dai Li comparing his face. Then doing the same modifying the picture in his head he nodded. The process took all of a minute. Out of the hundreds of Dai Li he knew everyone of their faces. Knew their names. And within a minute he had a match in his mind.

The mans name was Lee Chang or at least the name that he had given. Chi Yon shook his head suddenly realizing the mistake Lee there were hundreds of them! He suddenly had a distinct distaste for the name. This was suddenly vary serious for a number of reasons. And his pace quickened yet again.“His name is Lee Chang he’s a new recruit, and is currently on patrol being tested by a close friend of mine. He is not far from here and we shall have no problems talking to this man.”

Chi Yon moved quickly guiding Hiro threw the cities fastest routs. Coming to an intersection he jestured for Hiro to hide in an ally way.“He will be here soon. I wish to talk to him before you arrest him. if what you say is true then I will be able to tell that he is lying to me. If he is, then you will have my gratitude and payment, if not then there will soon be three Dai Li in this area… and you will not get far.”