Coup D’etat

Book Three

Volume 9

Ch. 116 Coup D'etat

Pov.

-Kara-

"I missed you so much, daddy!" She cries

After a few moments the boy began crying as well and found comfort in hugging my arm

Rhea kneels beside me

"Remember how it all began. Who you're fighting for." She pulls the boy into her lap and he continues sobbing in her arms

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"Don't lose sight of that. Not after everything you've sacraficed."

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I shake my head

This can't be true. Can these two.. can they really be… mine?

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How is this possible?

It's been hundreds of years since I lost my memories.

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"C'mon, we don't have to go back. But let's just… step away from all this."

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How old are they?

If I've had them before the accident they must be over seven hundred years old

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Why…

How is this possible?

I shake my head

"I… I can't." I pull the girl back, "not yet."

"B-but daddy." The girl sniffs

"Please Kara. You don't have to."

"I do."

She's right. Sasha.. Historia… and Mikasa. They'd be ashamed of me

This is the only way I can ever honor their memory

"Please don't go, Daddy. Not again." The girl tears up

"It won't be long." I pat her head. "After this, I'm done." I look at Rhea "I promise."

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She nods

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"B-but… but daddy…"

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"What's your name, kid?"

"H-H-Hestia." She sniffs

"Well, Hestia. I'll be back real soon, okay?"

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"Okay…"

I pat the boys head before standing up

I nod at Rhea before going off on my own

I found the Avatar meditating by a pond

Although he was sitting right here I could sense his presence back at the castle

"Kara!" He suddenly springs back to life "something's wrong I can't find Katara anywhere."

"What are you talking about?" He was sitting here the entire time

"When you pushed me into the Avatar state. I had a vision that Katara was in trouble. So I separated my body and spirit so I could travel into the castle without being spotted but I couldn't find her anywhere."

"Shit." So it's begun.

"Meet with Toph. I'll see what's going on." Aang grabs his glider

"Right, we'll meet you inside the castle"

We go our separate ways. I break into the castle after taking out three Dai Li agents to confront Azula who had already found comfort on the throne beside the kings bear

"Where's the girl?"

"Live bait for the Avatar in the dungeon. Have no worries, everything is going just as you planned, am I right?"

She's right, but I never thought Rhea would bring me back to my senses.

"It's off, Azula. Our deal is off."

"What? What is that supposed to mean?"

"If I see you going for the Avatar then I'll kill you myself"

She crushes the glass of wine in her hand as I back out of the castle

There's no point in bickering further with Azula. I have to find the Avatar before the Dai Li get to him

I quickly head back outside and find the tunnels Aang and Toph made that lead to the dungeon

I hurry down and find them battling with Zuko, Azula's girls and the Dai Li

General Iroh was fighting alongside the Avatar

I quickly jump into the fight and we manage to hold them off long enough for Toph to clear the ceiling so she'll just bend us out

"Damn it." I curse under my breath after Aang gets struck down by Azula from afar, right after he freed General Iroh

I quickly jump off the platform Toph was bending for us and I slam on the ground right beside Aang, simultaneously sending a shockwave of flame. General Iroh and I grab Aang and we launch him towards Sokka on the platform

"Get out of here, old man." I claw my fingers and raise my arms

Before the Dai Li agents could barrage us with more boulders a blue dragon I birthed with my flame bursts out of the ceiling and obliterates the lot

"Old? Who are you calling Old? Hya!" He holds my six for a while longer until we were completely overwhelmed

"Shit" I huff

This sucks.

Though I suppose I had it coming.

"Kgh*" I grit my teeth after they yank me back on my feet

"Well, well. If it isn't the treacherous two." Azula smiles

They kick Iroh on his knees but she raises her hand before they'd do the same with me

"Easy, he is my husband after all." She tilts her head

"Of course, princess." The Dai Li dogs bow their heads

"Prisoners, no less. Get them out of my sight." She waves us off

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"I never would have thought that Azula would be the one to finish the job I started."

"You tried for Ba Sing Se?"

"Yes, once upon a time I breached the outer wall with an army of five thousand."

"Crazy old man." I chuckle

"That again?" He giggles as they lead us into the armored train

I spot Rhea in the crowd holding the boy and Hestia right beside her, holding back her tears

I give her a little smile before they shove us inside

We entertained ourselves by talking about his past. How Ozai came to be so much like his father, Azulon. How he suspects he used his wife to murder their father and succeed the throne

He also mentioned traveling to the spirit world

"You've gone to the spirit world?"

"Oh yes, plenty of times. Back when I studied the teachings of the monks." He crosses his legs and presses his hands together

Moments later I felt his presence leave his body

I activate my sharingan and sure enough I was able to see him as he was, floating around ,, spanking his butt and making childish faces at the guards

I smile

What an idiot

After having his fun he dives back into his body and he springs back to life

"Hehehe." He giggles

"It's easy to separate your body and spirit but in order to enter the spirit world you must be in the Northern water tribe, where the spirit energy is at its peak"

"Really?"

We spoke for a while longer until they separated us to be taken to different prisons

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| Karas Past | Ch. 19 |

Pov.

-Kara-

It's been about two weeks since Ignias papa came home and I came to realize he was nothing like the other scary men

He was really nice to me. He didn't have those scary eyes that every other bad man has.

His were kind and sincere. The only times they looked scary were when you'd catch him sitting alone and he'd stare off into space. You'd think he'd snap your neck but once he realized you were there he'll pop back into his jolly self

"You're awfully happy." Mia grumbles

"Hehe." I giggle "working at the shop with Mr. Ignia is super fun."

"I'd say. I'm super bored trying to finish my math homework so I never get to go."

"Say, why don't I help you during lunch? I can help you finish math so we can both go with your papa."

"Hey, that's a great idea!"

"Mia! Mind your tone."

"Oh.. s-sorry mister." Mia apologizes

After Language Arts we moved onto Math

I was trying to finish my homework when Kaito starting talking to Mia again

He was telling her how he beat every boy in our class in a race

"Hahaha. Really? Did you beat Ignia too?"

The only reason she never finishes her homework is because he's always talking to her during our free time when the teacher is out

For some reason it always irritates me when he makes her laugh

"Almost, he beat me by a millisecond. If I had reacted a little sooner I probably would've beat him." He shrugs

"Wow, that means Kara can beat you too. Right Kara?" Mia hugs my arm

"Nghk*" Kaito grits his teeth

"Easy Peasy." I tease, knowing how much he hates losing to me

"Only because he's older than me. If he weren't such an idiot he'd be with Ignia and I'd be the fastest boy in our class."

"He isn't an Idiot!" Mia shouts

"That and he's a monkey so that's another advantage he has over me."

"Take that back!"

"What? It's true isn't it?"

"Let's ignore him, Kara." Mia turns back around and picks up her pencil

"Seriously. How can you walk around with that thing?" He refers to my tail "it's so gross, you should just rip it off."

"Just shut up! He's fine just the way he is!" Mia forgets we were supposed to ignore him

"Was it your mommy that got raped by some dirty monkey or was daddy a freak?"

I stare off into space and I start counting in my head

Three.

Six.

Nine.

Twelve.

Fifteen.

Eighteen. I continue, trying to calm myself

"Either way they abandoned you… Devil."

I stop counting for a brief second.

"Hahahahaha." Kaito laughs hysterically "it's okay Mia, you can laugh. It's funny!"

"No it's not!" Mia covers her ears "stop being mean, stop it!" She whimpers

"What? Geez Mia, you know I'm only teasing."

"Ouch, stop it!" Mia cries after he pulls her hair

I jerk my body around

I plant my foot onto the ground. I put my entire weight into my fist as I deck him in the face

He falls back on his chair as I crawl over the desks

I jump on top of him.

"Touch her again." I punch him across the face "I-dare-you" I punch again and again until my fists were as bloody as his face

I shove my fingers into his mouth and I grab his jaw

"Stop it Kara. Stop it!"

I jerk his head around until I heard his jaw pop

"Please, stop it. You're scaring me. Stop it!" Mia cries

I pull my arm back, ready to give him some more when someone yanks me back

"Stop it, let go!" I kick and squirm as the teacher carries me outside

He held me down until security came. They cuff me and walk me down to the principal's office where they called Paris.

They spoke with her and she took me home

I was in the midst of drinking water when she suddenly smacks my ear

I stumble on my ass and try crawling back after my head began spinning

She grabs my shirt and pulls me into her fist

"I-I'm sorry. I'm sorry!" I cry as she punches me again and again. "Expelled? You got yourself Expelled?!" She punches me one more time before letting go of my shirt

"God?! How can you be so stupid?!" She growls

"He hurt Mia! He pulled her hair so I got angry!"

"He pulls her hair so you beat him to death?!" She kicks my foot

"I-I was-."

Angry.

So angry.

Before she'd keep scolding me the door bursts open

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I pat my clothes and stand back up as Mr. Ignia shuts the door behind himself

"H-He got expelled." Paris huffs

"I know. I got the call." He glares at me

I step back before he turns his attention at Paris

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"Did you lay your hands on him?"

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"N-no I…" Paris began trembling so bad she couldn't talk

I've never seen Mister this angry and Paris so afraid. It's like they were different people.

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"Kara, did she hit you?"

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I look at Paris

The look she gave me was as if she were begging me not speak the truth

"N-no Sh-." But before I could finish he back hands her across the face

She steps back in a daze

I duck away as he grabs her shirt and yanks her back into his hand

"He's a Kid. You think you can just beat him?!" He growls as he slaps her so hard that her shirt rips and she falls on her butt

"I-I'm sorry. I'm sorry!" She cries

"How many times, huh?! How many fucking times did you beat the boy?!"

I cover my ears

He slaps her over and over as she begs him to stop

"I-I'm sorry. I was angry." She cries "I didn't-." She stops after seeing he balled his fist

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I watch Mister breathing so heavily he looked like he had just ran a marathon

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He takes one last deep breath

It took him another moment before he just walks out onto the porch

Paris curls up and starts sobbing on the ground

It took me a moment to stop trembling myself when she suddenly stood up and went to her bedroom

I heard Mr. Ignia speaking to his sister on the phone. He had left Mia and Ignia with her for the night

I tried falling asleep but I couldn't stop wondering what was going to happen tomorrow

I was so worried that soon enough it was morning

"Ready?" Mister asks at the door.

I nod

I follow him to his car

I thought he'd take me to work for the day but he drove to school

After finishing his cigar he sets it onto the little pan on the dashboard

"You listen to my every word, alright?"

"Y-yes, Sir."

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He sighs

"C'mon."

I follow right behind him into the principal's office where he was speaking to a parent

"We need to talk."

Mr. Principal looks up at Ignia "did you sign into the-."

"You're going to speak with me, right now." Ignia repeats, this time sounding more irritated

He sighs.

"If you may, give me a moment with this gentleman and I'll get back with you" he tells the lady.

She smiles and nods before walking out

I shut the door as Ignia sat down

"It seems there has been a misunderstanding."

"There's no misunderstanding. Your son has been expelled."

"He got into a fight. Kids do that all the time." Ignia shrugs

"He sent the boy to the ER."

"After he laid his hands on my daughter."

"And His response to that was?"

"Self defense."

"He-." The principal scoffs in disbelief

"You can't kick him out of school. You just can't, there has to be another way."

"Sir! Are you stupid? He broke his fucking jaw. So he's Expelled!"

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"Kara, lock the door." He calmly says as he reaches into his pocket

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It took me a moment before doing as he said

By the time I turned back around he was lighting another cigar

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He took three puffs before blowing smoke rings into the ceiling fan

"My daughter told me… that boy has been harassing my son for weeks. What did you do to prevent that?"

"That's not-."

"You're saying she's a lier?"

"N-no what? I-."

"Listen, it doesn't matter, alright? You already called me stupid." Ignia shrugs, "so, you have one of two options." He flicks his nose

"One, you suspend my kid for, what? Three days? Or two, I flip this table, walk over there and break your fucking face for disrespecting me infront of my son."

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"Now, listen. Listen, very closely to what I'm about to tell you." Ignia clears his throat "I'll go to prison if that beats driving forty miles to the next town. "Every-fucking-day," he groans "to find a decent school for this kid."

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The principal was trembling at his desk. He fixes his tie before saying, "three days m-might not s-suffice. I'll need more time to get approval"

"No more than a week." Ignia adds

"Of-of course." He nods

"Great," Ignia puts his shades back on before standing up "I'm glad we came to an understanding" he offers to shake his hand

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After giving him a firm handshake I open the door

Mister Ignia leaves a trail of smoke as we walk out of the school

After getting back into his truck he takes a deep breath

"Take a deep breath and walk away. Don't be like me kid." He sighs, clearly feeling guilty about yesterday "but when that doesn't work, you use these." He flexes and pats his muscles "hehe." He giggles

"Hmh." I smile, seeing he was getting back to his old self

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-to be continued no