trans_9 | Morning Meditation

The next morning, Katara woke up with a slight headache. It could have been worse, she knew it, but she knew what would help: a morning bath. She got up slowly, petting a sleeping Zhin before walking over toward the baths, a towel in hand. She made a bee line toward the co-ed baths, taking a quick dive deep in the water, and cleaning thoroughly. It was early enough that she thought she wouldn't bother anyone, and after a wash she went straight to the hot springs, towel wrapped around her chest and down to her knees.

She settled down, breathing deeply, closing her eyes a moment. After everything, it was good to just sit, relax, take everything in. There was still so much uncertainty, and there was definitely some pain, but she needed to stay focused, needed to be what was needed, especially now. How was Billy doing, was Matt recovering from his foray with darkness? There was still so much going on, and she needed to keep focused on training and the next step with the Outsiders.

She sat quietly, breathing in, breathing out. She couldn't be overwhelmed or things would be worse. There were reasons, after all, she still kept her head high: there was still so many things to do.

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That made her excited: the last time she'd fought an Overlord Zetta simulation, it had ben pretty intense. Heck, that had actually NEEDED assistence, and she wasn't ashamed to admit Hit Girl had actually done more there. Maybe that was when she decided to become overlord Zetta's pupil.

"Thanks!" she said. "I'm going to have the group in the Sensoriums in a few days: I want to give them a session where we have to improvise. We could definitely use one of your situations."

"Hyaaa ha ha ha ha! You'll have a long way to go before your entire group can match the might of even the Overlord's apprentices! I ought to have you all fight the two of them for a challenge! But I won't," he said, as much as he LIKED the idea. "I'll hit you all with something so terrible you'll BEG for mercy!"

Katara's eyes flashed. "Well, we'll see about that, won't we? I'm sure we'll meet any challenge that comes in front of us. Honestly, it might even be fun to fight someone like Ruffnut."

The girl would be a different kind of challenge, of course. "But I'm ready for anything!"

"Hmph. Ruffnut would kick your ass, Katara. No offense." He really wasn't attempting to disparage her fighting skills. He just believed in his apprentice.

"What?! How do you figure?!" Katara, after all, had been taking several types of martial arts, had increased her speed and was an improvisational fighters. She'd even taken Azula down, at a time where she had ten times her power.

Not to mention the sword and shield training. She was actually a little offended!

"Because she's my apprentice, Katara," Zetta said, all trace of humor gone from his voice. "She has the soul of a demon and almost the power of one. She's gotten strong, Katara. I'm not selling you short, but my apprentices are worthy of the most badass freakin' Overlord in the cosmos!"

Not that she doubted that, of course. Overlord Zetta seemed to be a demon intent on being the best, and she figured that would go double for whoever he was training to be the best.

"I'll tell you what," Katara said. "Come to the meeting, and give us our situation. You can decide from what you see if I'm equal to Ruffnut or not. I'm the not type to go into a fight blindly."

"Hyaaa ha ha ha ha!" He liked Katara's pride, he had to admit. "You got it."

Even Katara, still trying to be as impartial as she could, had her moments of pride and didn't believe in selling herself short. "Good. I can't wait to see you there."

Excellent! One step closer to making the Outsiders his loyal squadron of battle-monkeys! Hyaaa ha ha ha ha ha!

"I'll give you all a workout you won't soon forget!"

Katara, of course, was unsuspecting of Overlord Zetta's plans, battle monkeys or no.

"We'll be ready!" Katara said, a fire in her eyes.

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Hmm, I really ought to go POST in that thing now.

You can tag right after the Pre-training thing! It was just to set the mood anyway!