Why we cant have nice things.

As the sun was beginning to rise on the quiet island of Kyoshi, a dark ship approached the nearby port. The ship was an average sized, slightly mechanical ship with a pitch black sail. Normally this would be a foreboding sight, but a ship of that description would not survive an attack from the Kyoshi warriors, so no one was worried. They were wary, though. As the ship pulled into harbor, and the captain got off, everyone relaxed. They had heard of this particular ship before. This ship had saved stranded survivors of wrecks with no request for payment. Acts in these times were seen as heroic, seeing as how many horrible things happened. Of course no one knew that this ship had also sunk many supply ships as well, making sure to leave no witnesses. The captain made sure they had no reason to be arrested, since no survivors meant no one knew what happened out at sea, he offered people the chance to join, or die, at least until the crew was full.

The captain was none other than the young Kurokon Shikyo, a renowned lightningbender. Not famous really, but well known in most ports. Mostly for his protective nature. One man had tried to rape one of the women in his crew. Needless to say, the man was still scared of any bright lights. Oh by no means was Kuro a saint, but he protected his crew. One of his many aspirations was to one day lead an entire armada. That was for the future though, not the current time. Kuro yawned as he stretched out. "Alright everyone, do the usual, well be staying here for two days. If you want anything, you can pay for it yourselves, I find anyone stealing from the haul, they will be my next sparring partner." It was a dangerous threat, seeing as how his last sparring partner, other than Kaigen, had still not stopped twitching. Lightning was powerful, and dangerous, so its wielder was just as feared. Kuro noted a single person was missing from the crew right now. "Kaigen!" Kuro had little doubt Kaigen was either still sleeping, or hiding. "We hit land, come on." While he didnt yell, his voice easily carried through the ship.

The breeze was actually nice, at least nice enough to not have a sweater on in Kaigen opinion. The younger brother was actually the newest member of the group, after breaking Kaigen out of the temple where his so called uncle would bless him they haven't had any action recently so aside the battle getting out of the temple no fighting recurred on the seas. Kaigen and Kurokon lightly spared a few times testing waters but not actually seeing where they could move. Kaigen was at the highest part of the ship on the port of the sails - He didn't know much about boating and due to him being an Earth bender it was a bit of an weak point but he figured his older brother can handle himself fairly well so why couldn't he? Besides all he had to do was get in close, closing gap shouldn't be hard at all.



For two days though he wouldn't have to worry about it, he'd be on land. No actual purpose here but to restock and small objectives that needed to be addressed, jumping forward in a forward air summer-salt he landed on his feet with a bit of a bent knee not too far behind Kurokon after hearing his name. He felt a different breeze of air bring itself among their presence. The presence of the Kyoshi Island, it had a different breeze of air to it; Being on water does that too you. "I believe this is Kyoshi Island. About time we got off this ship, I think I was starting to get sea sick" Kaigens line of vision was caught on by the eyes of others who already resides on the island as a home. Opinion on that was blank, no one was attacking them so they didn't think much of the looks, he wasn't used to ... not being a monk so this should prove to be interesting.

Kuro chuckled. His brother seemed to have a fondness for being at the peak of whatever he was near. Ironic, seeing as he was an earth bender. "Alright, go do whatever you guys want, meet back here by sundown. I dont see you here, I come looking." That part wasnt actually a threat. Since they would be here two days, he didnt mind if they stayed with friends if they had any. He just wanted them to tell him first, so he wouldnt waste time looking. He grinned at his brother. "Come on down Kaigen, lets go get some lunch." Kuro had little doubt his brother was hungry. They hadnt eaten since yesterday, so it wouldnt be surprising. Either way, a meal couldnt really hurt. It would be a good chance to relax. Being a captain wasnt the easiest thing in the world, even if his crew was rather loyal. Managing any more than ten people was never easy. Loyalty didnt matter when you had to deal with so many people. Well, it may have helped, but it didnt make it easy. Either way, a good meal could be very relaxing, hell, maybe they had some hotsprings or something to relax in. He'd have to ask Kaigen later though, Kuro never remembered anything about places. One thing most people didnt understand was just how cold it was out at sea, what with the constant breeze. Fortunately, in hotter environments, it was a decent temperature, otherwise Kuro would have given up piracy a long time ago.

Kuro walked off into the town, glancing around. "You know anything about this place? Restaurants? Hotsprings? You know I cant remember anything about specific places." True, he had probably been here before, but remembering a single town that he had visited once, years ago, was not something he could do. He remembered important information, and random information. Seeing as how it wasnt important, he didnt remember it. Ah, the problems that came with his memory were enormous, but the benefits were equal as well. Kuro shook his head, noticing how his crew had already spread out, all except for him and Kaigen. "You pick, I dont much care." Kuro could eat anything so long as it wasnt horrible. That and he wasnt that hungry, so any activity to take up time would do. It really didnt matter. Kuro often left the pointless decisions to Kaigen, because he was apathetic to most of them, but if it made his brother comfortable, hed go along with it. He always had. He always would as well. Call him a sociopath if you must, but Kuro was protective and loyal to Kaigen. He was not protective because he thought Kaigen couldnt handle himself, he was protective because it annoyed Kaigen to no end. He enjoyed messing with people, though he knew his brother knew he meant no harm by it.

It took the crew like little to no time to hail ass, they must have really had plans once they got off the sea. Kaigen really couldn't blame them, some probably needed to buy new equipment, others probably wanted some training in and like the Shikyo brothers are probably hungry. His older brother being the captain you would have thought he would take lead when it came to those two having lunch, NOPE >.> instead he threw Kaigen first. Kaigen walking deeper into the island and farther away from the boat after his senses becoming more adapt to this nature while hoping Kurokon would be right aside him spoke "I couldn't leave the incredibly small village by the Temple, I don't know anything about this place I've seen a few pictures and that's why I assumed haha we are both shit out of luck" with his right hand scratching the back of his neck, he wasn't used to leading much of anything but really he didn't know what to do - he was indeed hungry but his mind was elsewhere to be quite honest.


"I actually don't even have a wide line of food I've eaten to be fair so all this stuff to me got taught as unhealthy" blinks for a moment starting at a particular street full of restaurants. "So while YOU CHOOSE, why don't we talk about your motives ... hopefully you have big ones right? Being a pirate is different from my experience but from rolling with you doesn't seem like we get a lot of action ..." The Ex monk spoke fluid as the sea, spoke once more before cutting short "Thinking of something different?"

Kuro frowned as his brother mentioned motives. Oh he had motives, plenty. For the most part though, he was unsure. He wanted to lead, so there was that, and he rather liked having plenty of money. "You know I am. I still dont know what. Mercs? We could pull it off pretty easily. Bodyguards we could do, hell, is there really any type of job we couldnt do at least decently?" Obviously he didnt mean jobs like being a waiter, or servant, neither of them were really the type. Kuro sniffed the air, the water in the air helping his sense. "I smell cooking, so we cant be far from a restaurant." Judging by the amount of people who were around, which is to say, not many, most people in this particular part of town didnt wake up so early. Any restaurant open this early would likely be for travelers and warriors. Kuro shrugged. Some villages were more relaxed than others, he had learned that from his various experiences with them. One village had damn near stolen all their weapons before they could enter, yet this one seemed rather peaceful. Kuro glanced around, looking for any hints of the smoke that usually came with cooking. It was never too thick, but it should be noticed, so long as it wasnt too far away, or too high.

Kuro finally saw it, a small shop with probably wasnt that popular. It had just over ten stools, all near a long bar. Kuro turned to his brother, and moved his head, indicating Kaigen to follow him. As he neared the restaurant, he finally recognized the food. Most of it was fish, but not seawater fish. Apparently, this particular island at least had a lake, or perhaps this restaurant somehow got some shipments in lately. Kuro noted he really didnt give a damn HOW they had them, just that it was far different from the normal dry food they ate at sea. The reason they didnt eat fish was because a good portion of saltwater fish were not exactly healthy. At least, where they had been sailing. They mostly survived off of rations from the ships they destroyed. Kuro sat at the middle of the bar, smiling slightly. They made much more than fish, but he ignored the rest of it. By no means did Kuro like sushi, but cooked and seasoned fish was some of the finest food he had ever had. Luckily, this place served just that. "Ill take catfish." His voice wasnt really respectful, but it was calm and nuetral. If he showed respect to someone he didnt know, that could be considered weak, and even more so, he knew, regardless of age, respect was earned, not given. On the other hand, if he sounded disrespectful, he would likely get a half done piece of catfish which had most likely been spit on. Okay, maybe he was just paranoid, still, it never hurt to be careful. He didnt bother to note whether anyone else was in the restaurant or not, so long as they left him and his brother alone, he didnt much care what they did.

Blue not so rough looking jeans with some actual pirate boots, gladly his brother wore the same size shoes or he'd be barefoot and his toes are not quite the best. Adverage same color shirt with no sleeves a kind of V-neck style of a shirt with no logo. The two white haired pirates walked into the resturant, no intentions besides having a good meal although Kaigen himself really didn't know almost none of the things cooked her Kuro looked like he did for sure.



As they stepped inside the bells above the entrance would make a peaceful and light sound showing new customers and of course the customers in begin to stare at new faces. Now here is the part of the topic that you need to remember before I contiune, Kaigen don't pay attention to LOT of the shit he is suppose too. Kurokon must have had waterbending skills to get past the slippery floor to get to the seat because Kaigen was not fortunate at all. His right leg went upward, no he is a martial artst so legs going up isn't the issue but the fact that the look on his face was actual fear it was different, it kept going up, hell his left leg begin to follow behind it as he did a quick and loud inhale that alerted everyone in the area that someone has lost balance. into the air his back facing the wet floor his eyes so desperate - He couldn't believe he couldn't stop the fuckery that was to occur.


"NOOOOOOO" SLAM! his back straight into the wet slippery floor, then his head hit the floor a few seconds after impact. His mouth widen as he closed it as well as his eyes, he was so fueled with rage as he heard laughter through the room he was about to crush every bone in the owners body until his eyes spotted the 'SLIPPERY FLOORS' sign he wasn't paying attention to. So technically it wasn't anyone fault but his own - huffed as he laid there and shouted "DON"T PICK ME UP IM GOING TO LAY IN MY ANGER" he was dead serious as he folded his arms and just laid there until he was damn ready to get up.

Kuro had seen the spectacle. How like his brother to do something incredibly... well it wasnt really stupid. Really the only word that came to mind was childish. Seriously, such a dramatic "NOOOOOOO", almost as if he was falling off a cliff. Kuro was the person who was laughing, because it was his brother, he was allowed to. "The day you pay attention is the day I get declared the sanest person in a village." For a moment, Kuro wondered if his brother did all the random shit he did on purpose or if he was genuinely just unlucky. He shook his head. "Seriously just get up and order some food." But no, he shouted out he wouldnt get up. Stubborn bastard. A metaphor about a pot and kettle came to mind, but he ignored that. "If anyone asks, I was adopted." That statement was spoken with such apathy it was obviously one of Kuro's jokes. His grin gave it away, even to those who didnt know him personally. He loved his brother, but he acted like such a child sometimes. Not that he didnt, but both of them knew when to get serious.

Kuro just shrugged at his brother and turned to his newly delivered meal. It had been delivered when he turned to laugh at his brother. He simply continued eating, ignoring his brother's pouting, though he knew it was funny. Still, you would think an expert earthbender who had kept his balance on a very shaky ship would be able to catch themselves before they slipped, but no, Kaigen did not. Hell, he personally knew Kaigen, if not for his pride, could have turned that fall into a backflip. That was one thing that was so drastically different between Kuro and Kaigen. Kaigen had such pride and believed in honor, while Kuro had no such things. Well, perhaps he had some honor, but not that chivalrous bullshit people always spoke of. Another thing was that Kuro was smart enough to not slip on a barely wet floor. Honestly, sometimes he wanted to kick his brother's ass, but then, he remembered how funny this moment was, and forgot about it.

Kuro had dressed similarly to his brother, though only in the lower body. Kuro wore a thick blue sleeveless vest, with black jeans and of course, boots. Honestly, if Kuro didnt have more wild hair, and they wore more similar clothes, they could be twins. Although they certainly werent twins in personality. That much was obvious from just a glance between the two at the moment. "Just get up and eat, stop being a child." It may seem harsh, but for him, it was just light banter. His brother should know that, but then again... Well, they may just end up having a spar by the end of the day. Neither would really hurt each other too bad, but it would be good exercise. Kuro had to wonder if the girls who were now in the restaurant had been there before. He certainly didnt notice them, similar to how Kaigen didnt notice the wet floor sign. Admittedly, he didnt either, but at least he didnt slip. He chuckled as one of the girls nearly choked on her drink. Had she actually choked, he would have tried to help her, but as it was, she just laughed when she took a drink.

There he was! His whole backside of his body cold and wet as his ears were poundings of scoldings and jokes of his older brother at the same time he wasn't worried, he could hear laughter fill the room, he wanted to get up but he knew if he were one of them the laugh would get harder and he didn't want it. His palms already on the ground as he sensed everyone who were laughing hell the cook in the back even almost dropped his pan when he heard it and he didn't even see all of it. He got up, he didn't pull any earth bending moves to show off or anything, not like it mattered because he would have still got the same treatment.


He dusted himself off although he was more wet then dirty, he did not look too happy at all - he sighed after standing and he had a serious wet spot on his back side of everything which made people keep laughing as the show goes on. He then speaks lightly "Give me a moment" he spoke to his older brother as he begins walking to a mysterious stranger who just so happens to love the show sadly but he had to spark conversation with someone right?

"Glad you like the show .... so whats someone like you carrying something like that in your bag?"As he put his elbows on the table. They were now sitting face to face, his head cocked to the right his eyes not much visible due to a bit of them being closed. Voice full of life and curiousity although he didn't say it loud enough where a lot of people could hear them. "And the bag has Fire Nation colors ...Don't sound like a princess waiting to be saved to me"

At that point, Kuro was more than tempted to drag Kaigen out of the shop. However, it would be a cold day in hell before his brother's antics made him miss a fresh freshwater fish. Everyone has their vices, and that was Kuro's. He really wanted to smack Kaigen for being rude, but he didnt much care what two unknown girls thought. "Kaigen. I have a feel whatever she has in that bag will be used on you if you step too far." Kuro spoked, amused. If he didnt tease his brother, Kaigen might think something was wrong. "In any case, you are supposed to introduce yourself, way before asking any personal questions." Sometimes Kuro was amazed that they were related. Sure, he loved his brother, but they were too damn different. Not on the base level of personalities, but the more detailed areas couldnt be any more opposite. Kuro shook his head, glancing at the woman Kaigen had spoken to. "Sorry about him, I'm Kurokon Shikyo, and this is Kaigen Shikyo." He smiled.

Kuro saw the other girl coming towards the older woman and had to hold his retort back. Too bad it didnt work. "Girls these days..." He spoke it in a tone similar to hers, not not exact. Anyone could change their pitch and tone with practice, but he was no impersonator. He was just joking, but a part of him was angry. One thing he hated was any sort of premature judgement. Racism, sexism, ageism, anything like that greatly annoyed him. Not to the level of dragging someone to an alleyway and beating them into unconsciousness, but enough for his eyes to narrow slightly. Kuro had never been the most open person, and thankfully, that resulted in him hiding his annoyance, until it reached a point. After that point, there would be a few holes in the walls, and a few buildings demolished. "Relax, Im joking." He didnt want her to take it in the wrong way too much, just a little jab at her flawed logic. He had some flawed logic, but he was never serious with it, at most it was to amuse or confuse. Kuro had to wonder if his brother could make any more of a fool of himself before these two girls just left shaking their heads. Of course his brother was probably joking just as much as he was, but his was light and purposeful.

Three things? Kaigen eyes focused on her delicate fingers as she named them off, to be honest he was going to say on the last one 'what do a girl taste like' because that's what he kind of felt like asking. Lets be honest here he's been a monk almost all his life ... He's a virgin. Like not even a first kiss, some sad shit right? Anyways after getting that list, his eyes went back on the table and then closed shut. A response would be nice, his facial expression more calm and to the core - sure he acted like the younger brother but in truth it was way much more to this character then he lead on. His brother begin speaking, as his usual 'Im big brother picking up little brother mistakes' Kaigen let out a sigh. Footsteps, heard and caught on already of course he said it pretty low so for someone to hear it from all the way across the room ... hmm. The girl in front of him must have had a weird effect on him because no one just sits in front of someone and says something like that, but her voice did have a nice ring to it.



Next target moving has made a halt as he finally scanned her presence with a blink of an eye, his body then began movement - Calm down he was just slidding over, it was a booth so the girl could sit down and his older brother can come join us. "Teh ... well then take a seat next to her then, Kurokon you joining our little conversation or not! Ayye Waiter over here!" he spoke to the women but shouted at Kurokon due to him being a bit farther away, his face was dead serious - like he went from fall all over the floor silly to other shit. "Now ... " his eyes shifting back on his primary target, pretty girl over there with the delicate fingers but blunt trauma weapon. "I already know what's in the purse I asked what are you doing with it? Protection? Running from someone? don't tell me a pretty girl such as yourself is an assassin ... " A smirk appeared on his face, a challenge. "I don't think someone caring something like this around casually is foolish ... you must know how to use them ... right? These questions I'm asking are out of the three you stated correct?" He would get to the blind one later right now it was play time with Lady dragon over here.

Kuro raised an eyebrow at the blind girl. Reminded him quite a bit of his brother honestly. Actually, it was more like that constant mask Kaigen seemed to have over his personality. Oh Kuro knew just how smart Kaigen could be, but he acted goofy and childish for fun. There was nothing bad about that really, everyone enjoyed life in different ways, so if his brother enjoyed the way he acted, he wouldnt stop him. Tease him, of course, he was his older brother after all. Kuro was slightly surprised at how the only person who had shown tact since the conversation began was Shi-hao. Kaigen had outright asked about personal items, and Katara had just randomly burst in with a quip about boys these days. Shi-hao had tried actively diverting the conversation away from the weapon, so much so that for someone who didnt know how to do such themselves, it would be difficult to notice. Kuro was surprised at that, seeing how often he met anyone who knew how to control the flow of a conversation, which was rare. Sure, everyone had some base abilities in manipulation, but to direct a conversation while diverting the purpose was smart. She hadnt denied nor agreed, showing she had that skill, and knew, at least somewhat, how to use it.

Kuro rolled his eyes at Katara, even though she couldnt see him doing it. His smile remained, however. It was a reaction from dealing with people for so long. "Speaking from experience I take it?" Kuro's tone held a very light sense of amusement. Then she just outright asked if he needed something, not the most tactful move, but not a stupid one, he supposed. "Your names would be nice. It is a common response to an introduction after all." The statement was mostly towards Shi-hao, as he didnt want to deal with an average teenage girl at the moment, witty or not. Kuro was forced to ignore Kaigen's questions because he really didnt want to deal with that right now. Honestly, his brother may be smart, but not a single hint of indirect conversing. He could have driven her into speaking about weapons, and asked if she had any, that would have been better, as at that point, the conversation would be smooth enough for her to care less and notice less. He mentally shrugged. His brother wasnt the kind of person who beat around the bush, even if there was more to gain from it. Sure, he could be stealthy, but when in a conversation he was barely decent, by Kuro's standards at least. By society's standards, Kaigen was above average. Kuro was a bit of a nitpicker though.

Kaigen himself was a bit rapped into the swirling invisible power of the womans demand, but at the same time it was no demanding just her speech makes him focus a little more. He almost stumbled on his words, but he was no quitter, the blind girl and his brother joined them but he was at complete focus on the one in front of him. She finally pulled them out, NO PERVERTS NOT HER BREAST her choose of weapon - The Nunchucks, he was raised in a temple so plenty of martial artist had those babies, Kaigen knew how to use them but only just a little bit of a show off before he'd end up slamming himself in the head - His mind was strictly set on whatever was going to happen next, as they were out on the table she spoke of how beautiful she- no how beautiful the weapons were. The waiter shows up and see it on the table and his eyes stare straight into the heart of the table where the weapon lies there in peace "May I have you all order?" in a very nervous tone in fear of something happening in the shop.



Kaigen eyes narrowed to the blind girl "I noticed you never looked towards my way after I fell you just started bursting out laughing ... and scars like that don't come from training ... quite a interesting table we got here .... now" his eyes shifting back to the prize, Kaigen isn't used to talking to girls but he had to try something to entertain all of them. "Anyone ordering? All I want is fish, make it fried with sugar on it ? On me by the way" his mind looking a bit more brighter then usual. INTERODUCTION TIME BABY so the pretty girl name is Shi-Hao from Ba Sing Se.


"Oh? We are also from Ba Sing Se. You said your from an estate family so that must mean you have a lot of money ... and by the sounds of it ..." leaning back casually raising an eye brow "A bit of class ..." so she'd learn self defense huh BULLSHIT the speech went on "Self Defense huh? Well there is a difference between learning how to defend yourself which actually all you need is your hands and feet ... but to have an actual weapon ... That's like me walking around with a Katana on my back but just using it for self defense hahaha ... sorry sweetie I'm much smarter then I look. That means ..." His smirk appeared back on his face as he finalize his words "There is much more to you then a pretty princess from Ba Sing Se."

Kuro didnt bother to correct her. She had thought his response was to her first question, but it had actually been to the second statement. It didnt matter. At least the girl was versed in some philosophy. Hell, she might just be a kindred spirit! He doubted it, but it would be a good thing if she was. She called him cute though, that was a plus. Then again, seeing how she was blind, it was likely not so much. If she wasnt blind, the possibility was that she had referred to him as cute based on physical appearances was still open, however, since she was blind, it wasnt. She either liked his personality so far, or she called him childish in a manner hiding behind flirting. Maybe he was just a cynical bastard who couldnt take a compliment. Well, he might as well. "As are you." He smiled, though she couldnt see it, his voice changed softly, as one's voice would do when smiling kindly. Of course it wasnt his true emotion, as that was curiosity, mixed with a hint of boredom. She didnt seem that spiteful, maybe a bit, but not enough to bother him. No doubt whatever caused her scars had left more than just physical scars. He mentally sighed at that. People never knew what to do with mental scars, but that was their problem... usually.

Okay, now he absolutely wanted to smack Kaigen. Did he have no tact at all?! Bringing up the girl's scars so casually would be good, if she was already on the road to recovery from whatever had happened. He doubted that. He focused on the other girl, but unlike most men, he was looking at her face and nunchucks. Most people wouldnt think it, since they didnt use a blade, but Nunchucks were brutal. They simply saw two small sticks, not weapons based on repeatedly bashing an opponent, likely breaking bones. Kuro admired the style really, brutal, but not deadly. However, it was not his own style, so he did not speak up about them. Her face certainly didnt show anything too off. Not the straying eyes that a fully trained warrior would have, akin to one with paranoia. He personally didnt have that, but he was able to focus at what he wasnt directly focusing upon, which was just as useful. "Kaigen." Kuro's voice was a great deal sharper now. "Dont just ask about things like that." He sighed, knowing Kaigen probably hadnt meant to invade on Shi-hao's personal past, but still. "Self Defense... we all need to learn that these days." His voice hinted at an inner sadness at that point, as if he had something to do with it, and regretted it.

Katara was leaving. Kuro would usually apologize for his brother bringing up her scars, but that would probably not help. Still, he supposed, it never hurt to try. He turned his head towards where Katara had gotten up. No, he could tell it wasnt about that. It seemed more of a wish to just be somewhere else rather than a pained reminder. Which meant she was likely on her way to eventual recovery, good for her. Kuro should have glared at his brother, but turned back to Shi-hao. He would usually try and help people, but social anxiety was not something one could simply fix. He of all people knew that, remembering the days before he reunited with Kaigen. Even one who had been through it could not simply fix it. He still glanced her way, and apologized, loud enough for her to hear, yet without being too loud. "Sorry." There was no pause in his tone, no bitterness, simply an apology. If she still left, he would turn back to Shi-hao and try to keep his brother from getting an angry woman as a sparring partner. While he didnt know the girl's abilities, he had little doubt Kaigen would try that chivalrous bullshit. He never understood those ideas, but to each his own, he supposed. The slight jab Kaigen had at him, for carrying a katana on his waist, was funny, even to him. "Nice to meet someone from our home." He smiled slightly.