ATLA, In A Darker World

Chapter 26 My Name Is Sasuke

Shiing!

The sword on Luca's back was drawn out slightly to display a part of a gleaming silver blade.

'Alright...... Let's get this over with'. Seeing earth kingdom soldiers appear out of the blue, Luca's first reaction was that he had been discovered.

Especially since their immediate reaction was to attack. Looking at those earth spikes sticking out of the floor from his original spot, the chances of him being impaled if he didn't react was not just high.

Since their first reaction was to earthbend, then that meant he had been exposed.

'Was it from the riverboat though?'. Luca wondered inwardly.

'Or was I recognized? No, that shouldn't be the case ....'.

News of his escape was widely known to the Fire nation, but Luca assumed that they would still be looking for him far back. After all, domesticated Messenger hawks weren't over abundant.

Sending one to every Fire Nation Outpost in the colonies wasn't ideal and quite frankly unwise. After all, who knew when an emergency would occur with information needing to be quickly transferred.

Luca knew this, hence his thoughts. Unless something went wrong, The Fire Nation shouldn't even know he was in this region.

And with his escape only being two months ago, outposts this far out from the Fire Islands shouldn't even know of his existence. Without wanted posters and bounty orders being spread in these parts, even Fire Nation soldiers shouldn't know who he was, much less these Earth Kingdom soldiers.

This was why he hadn't revealed his identity back at the Mo Ce Sea Prison Rig. He didn't want word of his location to be spread in the slightest. Giving him enough time to escape as far away as possible.

If the Fire Nation knew the region he was in, then he would need to make remedies to his plans. But that meant that these guys needed to be silenced immediately.

However.....

"Identify yourself" The man at the center spoke, causing him to stop himself from carrying out his next action.

'Wait ..... They don't know who I am'.

Meanwhile .... Luca's movements of placing his hand on the sword handle behind him fell into the sight of the Earthbending Captain.

'A swordsman?' His eyebrows furrowed with unknown thoughts moving through his mind. Then he took a good look at the man before him. One word ...... Young. From the looks of it, he was barely old enough to be classified an adult.

Seeing this, he didn't know whether to let down his guard or be more suspicious. 

"...". Silence.

However, Contrary to the Captain's expectations, he received no reply. A distance away, the youth was simply looking at them with narrowed eyebrows, the grip on his sword steadfast as if contemplating something.

His frown deepened, feeling something wrong was going on. Just then, Luca who stood silent suddenly raised his gaze upward.

"Four down .... Two up .... Hiding on the trees for a second attack I suppose?" His bland words made the Captain's eyes widen.

'What the ....'.

Rustle! At that moment, a rustling sound emerged from the trees. Following which, two shadows dropped down, landing firmly on the earth.

"Captain, we've surveyed the area. There's no one else around".

"You sure?"

"Positive sir. This isn't an ambush".