So, I finally got myself a Gary-Stu! And, oh boy, did I pick out a stud! Not ONLY is this Toph's childhood friend, but is also blind himself and the one responsible for teaching Toph to "see"! How did he do that, you ask? He's an Avatar that uses "Spiritbending" to see!
Your first question might be "Wait, why is there another Avatar?" Your second question might be, "Spiritbending... WTF?"
Good questions. Too bad there are only bad answers. Read on, MiST lovers!
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Book Three: Spirit
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Disclaimer: I do not own the series Avatar: The Last Airbender,
BF: (Author) The judge took it away after I was sued for negligible conduct.
though I do own the character Kentai
BF: Kentai....Am I a bad person if the word "hentai" is the first thing that pops into my mind?
This starts after Appa has been found,
BF: Due to his size, he's usually the first one found during Hide and Seek.
and Zuko and Iroh join the group.
BF: Hey... I don't remember that happening.
(Zuko) Yeah, because I was too busy pissing off the fandom with my switch back to the Fire Nation side.
They have been running
BF: (singing) Running, as fast as they can! Do you think they'll make it, do you think they'll make it?
from some Earth Benders following them.
BF: It got so bad they even considered hiding out in the girl's bathroom for a while until their stalkers went away.
Kentai looked toward the East,
BF: Makes sense, since this fic seems to plunder the Japanese language for names.
his black hair hiding the
BF: Lighting bolt shaped scar!
arrow imprinted on his scalp,
BF: He could still smell the blueberry from the marker he used.
he felt a familiar aura coming from a girl about two miles ahead of him.
BF: Dude, I just use GPS.
Hmm... he thought, it'd be nice to pay her a visit, and who is she with?
BF: That Katara? You never know, the floozy.
He couldn't recognize the spirit auras coming from one of them.
BF: And yet, he could detect them from two miles away. Uh-HUH.
Wait a second,
BF: (Kentai) This fic doesn't make sense!
that boys aura feels a lot like mine, interesting.
BF: (Kentai, smugly) His spirit is not quite as pert and shapely as mine, tho...
He bolted toward them, who have you met in the past year Toph,
BF: Well, whoever it is, prepare to tack an OC onto your list.
two fire benders, a water bender, a nonbender, a flying lemur, a giant bison, an Avatar...
BF: All this group needs is a talking car, and they're all set!
She really has grown up, I wonder if she'll remember me?
BF: Not if she can help it.
"Aang, I feel someone coming
BF: (Sokka, sticking head out of tent) Can we get a little PRIVACY over here?
(Zuko, in tent) Come back to bed, baby.
from our left side... fast" Toph said. The footsteps of this person felt familiar to her, but who could it be?
BF: Fred Astaire?
"I see him," said Sokka, "he's got a sword drawn,
BF: The shading is a little off, though.
everyone get ready" How the hell could someone move so quickly?
BF: Sokka did not see the ravenous lion chasing Kentai.
He asked himself, maybe he's a bender.
"He's nearly here," replied
BF: Captain Obvious.
Zuko, getting ready to send
BF: him flowers.
flames toward the stranger.
"I don't think he wants to hurt us," said Aang, "see, he's
BF: waving a machete. That means "peace", right?
slowing down and he's already put away the sword."
BF: Hey, who wants to bet me it's a ridiculously large sword like Cloud's?
"If he is an enemy it is too late to surprise him, he is nearly upon us" said Iroh.
BF: Thank you, General Obvious. (shakes head) Like uncle, like nephew.
"Besides, look at that grin on his face,
BF: That adorable homicidal smile!
it almost looks as large as yours Aang."
BF: (Chip Skylark) But nowhere NEAR as shiny as mine!
Iroh was right, the boy was standing in front of them now,
BF: And totally heard half the conversation over whether he was an enemy they should attack or not.
what did it matter though,
BF: It's a fic!
they outnumbered him, even if he was a bender.
BF: I know an Iroh proverb about the irrelevance of numbers that would fit quite nicely right here.
"Hello Toph, long time no see, how has your "earth sight" improved since we last taught each other?" asked the boy.
BF: (Toph) It's gotten better. I can totally see you're a doof now.
"Wait, you know him!" Sokka yelled at Toph. "Why didn't you tell us?"
BF: She's embarrassed of him, obviously. Can't blame her.
"Onee-chan," Toph squealed as she ran and hugged him,
BF: "Onee-chan"?! Squealed?! Hugged?! TOPH??!! All in the same sentence?? Who are you and what have you done to our Blind Bandit?
"how have you been, you ran off, and I couldn't find you after our lesson!"
BF: Lesson?
(Toph) Earthbending For Retards.
(Kentai) I got an "A" for effort!
"Wait," said Aang, "are you two related, you both have the same milky white eyes,
BF: (Kentai) Yea, 'cept she's in the head family, and I'm in the branch family with a curse seal placed on my forehead.
so you're blind, and how did you get here so fast, are you a bender?"
"Well we're not related,
BF: That would have been some seriously funky gene pool if they were.
but I helped teach her to use her great earth bending to "see" for a year,
BF: Which I find funny, since she's been whooping ass in tournaments for SIX years.
I am 'blind' for lack of a better term,
BF: How about "visually challenged"? That works! Or "seeing inept"?
and I am a not just a bender but an Avatar" replied Kentai.
BF: Avatars don't grow on trees, kids. I KNOW the concept of a canon character kicking more ass than your OC is grating on your ego, but please, ONE Avatar per universe.
"It's starting to get dark,
BF: I thought you were BLIND, fool!
so we'd better set up camp before I answer your questions"
BF: Actually, it's just one: "WTF?"
Toph gasped
BF: (Toph) God, I hung OUT with this loser?
he never told me he could bend anything but earth! she thought. She broke away from the hug, "you never told me you could bend anything else!" she exclaimed.
BF: Wow that was so repetitive my brain died a little because it was so repetitive.
Kentai laughed a bit. "The reasoning behind that is you weren't as reserved then as you are now,
BF: By "then", he meant in the actual show, not this weird perversion of it.
so let's set up camp, and we can tell each other about ourselves."
BF: "Tell each other about ourselves"? It is just me or does this sound suspiciously like a....BLIND DATE? Eh? Eh? (hit with rock)
"Whatever," said Sokka,
BF: (Sokka) I just don't give a shit.
"traveling with you people drives me crazy."
BF: (Sokka, singing) But it feels all right! Hit me baby one more time!
About an hour later after everything was set up Iroh set up a fire and put some tea
BF: It took him that long?
(Iroh) Tea is MUCH more important than shelter!
(Zuko) You see why I hate traveling with him?
on it when the newcomer Kentai began to explain his story.
BF: Ahhhh, goddammit, now we have to hear about his past.
"What did you mean when you said that you were an Avatar?" asked Aang, shifting uncomfortably.
BF: (Aang) Am I going to be out of a job here? Well, I suppose I could always get work as a zoo landscaper...
"I don't get it either Katara agreed, we all know that Aang is the current avatar,
BF: THE ONLY AVATAR!
and has been for the past 112 years."
"This is going to take a bit of time, so get in a comfy position," said Kentai
BF: (puts on blindfold) Ah, much better.
"I was born on the Sun
BF: Hotter than the inside of Iroh's armpit.
Solstice, a sign that I was to be an avatar.
BF: Except, you know, they already HAD one.
I was conceived in the last remaining Air temple with about ten air benders
BF: WHOA! That some kinky conceiving!
helping my mother who died giving birth.
BF: Because moms are so out of fashion right now.
My father raised me for three years,
BF: (Kentai) Two of those he kept me in a shoebox.
when he was called from King Boomi
BF: Hey, where's King Booty? That's a king I wanna meet!
to help out in the same fire nation raid he lost his life in.
BF: What can I say? Orphans are very fashionable this year!
For the next seven years I mastered air bending and blinded myself to learn to spirit bend,
BF: (Kentai) Note to self: sporks in eyes does not help master spirit bending.
and all other elements I could master."
BF: Or think up.
"What's spirit bending, I've never heard of it." asked Aang
BF: (dead inside) Me neither. Let's find out.
"I have mastered five bending techniques that no one else has ever learned to bend before;
BF: Probably because they're a waste of time.
Electric Bending,
BF: Uh, you mean firebending in its "purest" sense? Coz that's what it is. CHECK THE CANON.
Light Bending,
BF: AKA "Refraction"
Spirit Bending,
BF: I like to refer to it as "Bullshit Bending".
Metal Bending,
BF: Oh, you mean that earthbending skill Toph already mastered?
and Gravity Bending.
BF: He defies the canon of Avatar AND the Laws of Physics! Is there nothing he holds sacred?!
I have so far mastered all of those, Earth Bending, and Air Bending.
BF: He's got a scout badge for every one!
When I became seven years old, I left to experience the outside world,
BF: (Kentai) A world...beyond television? My god!
and become familiar with what had truly happened to the once great nations of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. "
BF: They formed a 70's band?
"For three months I attended a royal fire nation school,
BF: Uh...HOW, exactly?
(Kentai) I told them I love world domination and they took me in as one of their own.
(BF) Oh, okay.
and had to make sure I gave no sign of being an Air Nomad.
BF: Air Nimrod is more like it.
I burnt my old clothes,
BF: Hey, man, what happened to Goodwill?
and got new ones so they wouldn't know where I was from or who I was.
BF: Becuz Red Clothes = Fire Nation FER SURE.
When the landlord of the home I was staying at found some of my metal bending equipment
BF: (Landlord, seeing bent metal) My god...has Kentai been making...ugly garden art?!
and my steel katana,
BF: You know, the one that lights up and makes noises when you press a button on the hilt!
I left, so that my identity could not be figured out."
BF: Too bad he left his driver's license and diary behind.
"I remember you," said Zuko, "you were the new kid that Ty Lee and Azula were
BF: Giving swirlies?
crushing
BF: Yes, they ARE very ruthless.
on, but then you vanished."
BF: How like the Avatar: when the world needs him the most, he vanishes.
"Funny, how you fight those who love you," replied Kentai.
BF: It's what kept Ranma 1/2 going all these years!
"They were always competing to see who could
BF: Kill him?
get me
BF: To agree to a manicure!
out on a date first, it was sort of creepy."
BF: Yeah, considering how blatantly OOC that is.
"Who won?" asked Toph.
BF: Is there really a winner here, Toph? Is there?
"Actually Ty Lee did,
BF: Well, she always was the dumb one of the trio.
but she sort of forced me into it... with a stick," said Kentai,
BF: (Ty Lee) Date me, or I rape you with this.
"it was really funny seeing Azula so steamed,
BF: (Azula) TY LEE IS MAH BITCH!
she shot fire at me and Ty Lee for days before I left.
BF: Before he finally got a clue.
Wait, you're Prince Zuko aren't you,
BF: (Kentai) Yeah, I recognize you now with half your face melted off!
(Zuko) . . . . . . . . .
I'm surprised to see you traveling with Aang,
BF: (Kentai) I'm even more surprised you haven't made a move on him yet!
I remember how obsessed you were with capturing the avatar, and using it
BF: (Kentai) For your own kinky pleasure.
to the fire nation's advantage. I remember seeing you get your scar,
BF: I see Gary Stus are stupid like Mary Sues in that they like to bring up the painful pasts of characters who would prefer to leave it buried.
I barfed when I saw it happen,
BF: (backing away from Kentai) Yeah, that's a smart way to get on Zuko's good side...
and then they banned you from their soil,
BF: (Fire Lord) Stay off the grass!
it was disgusting how your father treated you."
BF: (Kentai) Now let's both be best friends and hate him together!
"Yes I know," replied Zuko, "but I will defeat my father, and bring the fire nation to peace."
BF: (Zuko, looking to Iroh) That's the right answer, yes?
(Iroh, nodding) Correct.
"Is that where you're headed, to greet the fire nation?" questioned Kentai, rubbing his head.
BF: Hey, if they want to greet the Fire Nation, they should just send a card!
"Not yet," said Sokka, "we're waiting for Aang to master Earth and Fire bending, and for the solar eclipse..."
BF: (Sokka) We also have to wait till our whites get done in the wash.
"The day all fire benders will be rendered useless for twenty-four hours' completed Iroh"
BF: Hmm. Is this something you want to share with Zuko and Iroh, who are firebenders themselves?
"Just remember that you will only have one day to beat your brother, after that, the fire bender's powers will increase to a maximum level,
BF: SUPER SAIYAN!! EEEEYAAAAAAAH!!!
and they shall truly conquer the other nations," replied Kentai.
BF: No, thank you, I've had enough of the show's premise regurgitated back to me. I'm good now.
"So, how do you know Toph?" asked Katara,
BF: SUBJECT CHANGE!
"It's not like her dad's just inviting anyone in."
BF: And the bouncer at the door means business.
"I promised the best possible education for Toph in Earth Bending," replied Kentai,
BF: O rly?
(Toph, bored) Teacher, am I ever going to use earthbending in the real world?
(Kentai, peeved) Of course, people use it all the time! It could one day save your life!
(Toph) *rolls eyes*
"and even though she taught me more than I taught her in Earthbending,
BF: A good deal for Kentai.
I taught her to 'see' using her Earthbending power,
BF: Really? My #1 suspect was Daredevil.
as I use spirit bending to 'see.'
BF: (Kentai) I could get a seeing eye dog, but I don't want to have to pick up after it.
I can tell though that she has gotten a lot better at it since I was forced to cut our lessons short and leave," he said
BF: (Kentai, singing) Yeah, I'm a wanderer, yes I'm a wanderer, I go around around around around...
while he patted her gently on the head.
BF: Proof Real Toph isn't here: that hand hasn't been broken off.
"Why did you leave, it sounds like you loved spending your time there?" asked Katara.
BF: He needed new skirts to chase.
"Actually..." sobbed Toph, who had started crying in the middle of Kentai's explanation,
BF: Hey, I was crying too, it sucked so bad.
"...it was my fault, I called him Onee-chan in front of a guard, and hugged him. The guard told my father,
BF: (Father) She did WHAT?!
(Guard) It was like Lady Toph was possessed by some mindlessly clingly anime girl, my Lord!
and Onee-chan got the death sentence."
BF: Good. Kentai needed to go "buh-bye".....psst! say it aloud, it rhymes!
Kentai put his arms around her,
BF: Copping a feel.
(Kentai) I see you HAVEN'T improved in the boob department.
"its okay" he said, "your father just wanted you to be safe, he just jumped a bit... fast to conclusions.
BF: (Toph's Dad) Onee-chan? Kentai is...Toph's older sister? HE MUST DIE!
He did it because he loved you, he's just overprotective."
BF: And probably seriously freaked out, too.
"They told me they killed you,
BF: Can't get rid of a Gary Stu that easy, babe.
they told that they got four benders to trap you, and left you near where the fire nation was going to raid,
BF: Gets rid of Kentai and leaves and unpleasant surprise for the Fire Nation. Two birds with one stone!
I thought you were dead!" She cried.
BF: The only thing dead is this fic, hon.
"I'm sorry that I caused you to worry so much, but it's alright now, it wasn't your fault,"
BF: Blame the author. You'll feel better. I do.
he said. "After they left I bent myself out
BF: Is that what they call it these days?
and ran, I never thought to come see how you were doing,
BF: Geez, what a prick!
it should be me who's sorry, not you,' he continued as he began wiping up her tears.
BF: Toph crying like a pansy? That's almost as incomprehensible as Zuko NOT crying like a pansy!
"You'll always be like a little sister to me,
BF: And he a big sister to her.
and if there's one thing I hate to see, is
BF: bad reviews for this fic.
you sad, I'll always be there to heal your wounds, emotional, or physical, I swear to god, I love you."
BF: (Kentai) But only as a little sister.
(Toph) JERK.
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Finally receive answers to the burning questions posed at the beginning of this MiST, or are you scratching your head more than ever?
Hey, don't scratch TOO much, you'll get a bald spot!
Well, let's put this Stu to the test and see how "Onee-chan" measures up!
Redeeming Feature:
Not too terrible in the spelling and grammar department, even if the rest didn't make sense.
Rap Sheet:
~ Kentai is an Avatar. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
~ Kentai is not only a bender of element, but a bender of bullshit, coz that’s the only place he could have gotten some of those random powers!
~ Kentai... knows Toph. The whole childhood friend thing would have been okay, if not for the "I taught her how to see!" bit. Not to mention the creepy "Onee-chan" thing. Yeesh. People need to learn to leave Japanese, especially the incorrect kind, out of fics.
~ Ty Lee and Azula's crush on Kentai. EWWWWW.
~ Wonky backstories. Yeah, some of those character histories, especially our Stu's, are a little too out there.
Credits
"Book Three: Spirit" by werepillow
MiSTed by Booter-Freak
MiSTing concept by Best Brains Inc.
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For the next seven years I mastered air bending and blinded myself to learn to spirit bend, and all other elements I could master.
