Forum:Kaizen



Name: Kaizen Kazumi

Age: 18

Description: See Image

Species: Earthbender

Character Alignment: Chaotic Good

Personality:

Kaizen is a caring, kind and loving individual. She cares for people more than she cares for herself. Some people see her as a leader, as she knows how to look after everything and put people in their place. She knows what is right and what is wrong. She will not stop to make things feel equal. She is tough and determined to have things done her way if, it’s the right thing to do. Kaizen doesn’t like listening to rules and laws she thinks they are restricting the freedom of people. She fights for equality in regards to wealth, as she believes the system in Ba Sing Se separating the wealthy from the poor is stupendous. Kaizen is also rebellious but she rebels against those who tower over the weak. She has dreams of hoping that one day everything and everyone will be equal and that laws will not restrict the freedom of people in Ba Sing Se.

History:

Kaizen Kazumi was born in the lower ring of Ba Sing Se but was left at the doorstep of an Orphanage when she was a week old. She grew up in the Orphanage not knowing her parents or why she was left there. Since Miss Sumi Orphanage For Kids was Kaizen’s home for most of her life, she met a boy named Kyto who became her first friend.

At 2 years old Kaizen and Kyto would fight with each other about the toys they were playing with. And, they kept fighting until they were 5 when a new orphan came into the house. Bo was a little 4 year old boy with messy black hair, no shoes, torn clothes and blue eyes with a couple of front teeth missing. His first day, Kaizen and Kyto could see the sadness in his eyes when he entered the room where all the kids were playing. Bo wasn’t happy at all and sat in the corner crying. Kaizen and Kyto looked at each other and realised how irresponsible they were about fighting over toys. So, they both decided to take the toys to Bo and try to make him feel comfortable and welcomed.

3 years later Kaizen, Kyto who was 8 and Bo who was 7 all became the best of friends. Kaizen would look after Bo and Kyto, as she was the oldest. She felt like it was her responsibility to look after Bo and Kyto, so everything the boys were thinking about doing had to be discussed with Kaizen first.

One time Kaizen was so angry with the boys about what they have done to a new orphan boy. They set a trap on the stairs with a string and waited for the new boy to walk down where there was mud at the end of the stairs. When the boy walked down Bo and Kyto pulled the string and the boy tripped and fell face first straight into the mud. Bo and Kyto laughed but Kaizen wasn’t happy at all. The new orphan boy was so embarrassed with everyone looking at him and laughing that he urinated in his pants and ran off crying. Kaizen was furious at that point and told Bo and Kyto to clean up the mess and to go out to the boy and apologise. Although she was 8 she had the skills and attitude of a great leader.

At 11 Bo was given a new home with a family who lived in the higher ring of Ba Sing Se. Kaizen and Kyto were so upset to say bye to their brother and best friend. But, Kaizen couldn’t just let him go and be on his own so she promised Bo that she and Kyto will visit him.

At 12 Kaizen and Kyto were trying to find ways of going to the higher ring of Ba Sing Se to see Bo. The first time they tried to sneak out of their rooms to leave through the front door they were caught by the housekeeper who took them straight to Miss Sumi who put them on cleaning duties for 2 weeks. During those 2 weeks Kaizen mapped out whom, when and where people would leave the house. She was trying to find the right time and exit to leave the house and how long before someone will notice anyone has gone missing. Then after their punishment on cleaning duties she found the perfect time, day and exit to leave.

So, on Friday at midnight through the back door Kaizen and Kyto left the house and had 4 hours before anyone noticed they were gone. Although they haven’t made it past the orphanage gates before Kaizen knew where she was going as she always stood at her window and looked out to see where everything was in Ba Sing Se’s lower ring. They reached the trains where Kaizen tricked a couple saying that they were lost and their home was in the higher ring of Ba Sing Se. So the couple took Kaizen and Kyto with them to the higher ring. Once there Kaizen and Kyto fled leaving the couple in shock.

Kaizen had a card with the address to where Bo lives, which was given to her by Bo’s new parents. They found the place where Bo was living and Kaizen had to climb up the building to find the room where Bo was in. When she found him she told Kyto to come up where she knocked on the window and Bo woke up. Kaizen, Kyto and Bo were all together again about 6 months of not seeing each other. They hugged, laughed, talked and played in Bo’s new room quietly for 45 minutes until Kaizen realised they had one hour to get back home. Bo was saddened to see them leave but knew that if they didn’t they would all get in trouble. Kaizen told Bo that they would try again to come and see him but not to let him get excited as they did try before and got in trouble. Kaizen gave Bo a bracelet she had made which had a craving of three toys they played with when they were younger “don’t forget us, we will never forget you Bo” she said as she and Kyto climbed out the window and left.

At 14 Kyto was also adopted by Bo’s family which made Kaizen upset and pleaded for now Kyto’s family to take her also. But the family couldn’t take her and Kyto and Bo was hurt and told Kaizen that it was okay and that they would look after eachother. Kaizen was so angry and saddened by losing her two best friends that she became rebellious against Miss Sumi and everyone else in the orphanage. She didn’t have the leadership spirit anymore. She just wanted to leave the orphanage and go find a new life. She would always look out the window of her room and say, “maybe Republic City is nice, maybe Republic City is for me” She’s heard of Republic City from the orphans who use to live there. They told her about the beautiful big city with Toph Bei Fong’s statue that was Kaizen’s inspiration, the probending tournaments and the airbenders on Air Temple Island who Kaizen has always wanted to visit and see an airbender. But she knew that the only way she can get to Republic City is if she became a probender. But Kaizen doesn’t have any bending abilities.

At 15 Kaizen left the orphanage to go and see Kyto and Bo. As she was the only one left out of her friends to be in the orphanage Miss Sumi decided to give her the freedom to go and see her friends. When she entered the home of Kyto and Bo she saw them bending. She was shocked and surprised to see that Bo was a waterbender and Kyto was a firebender. She didn’t know what to do or say, as she was jealous that they have bending abilities and she doesn’t. Kyto and Bo told her that she would get her bending; it just takes time for her to get hers. Kaizen would watch her best friends train together to master their elements. But, Bo decided that Kaizen should come and train with them maybe her bending will appear then. Regardless of the jealously Kaizen had, she agreed and started to train with her brothers. So, everyday after lunch Kaizen would leave the orphanage to come to the higher ring of Ba Sing Se to train in the arts of waterbending and firebending.

At 16 Kaizen had to leave the orphanage because she was old enough. Well, in Miss Sumi’s Orphanage all the kids who were 16 had to leave but Kaizen was the first to leave at 16 as most of the kids were adopted before they were 15. Numerous families came to see Kaizen but Kaizen didn’t see herself in their life. She had a plan of her own, a plan for her life and her future that she couldn’t share with anyone else. When she left the orphanage she went to see Bo and Kyto to see if she was allowed to stay with them. However, the family had no room to house Kaizen, which made her sad, but didn’t want Kyto and Bo to see her that way. Kaizen told the boys that she is going to Republic City and the boys knew that if she did they wouldn’t see her again. She asked the boys if they would come with her but the boy’s love where they are and told Kaizen that they do not want to follow her. Although she was disappointed she knew there was nothing she can do and decided to leave the boys. Hugging them for the last time she left Kyto and Bo’s house to find a way to get to Republic City.

At 17 Kaizen was living on the streets of Ba Sing Se, moving from the lower ring to the higher ring here and there so that the Di Lee agents wouldn’t catch her. Kaizen began stealing money, food and clothes to survive and she got good at it. She moved like water remembering her training with Bo and attacked like fire remembering her training with Kyto. Until she got stuck in a sticky situation where she ambushed a truck full with money. Of course she didn’t take it all but she took some to help the other homeless people who she grew to become a leader for. She took the money with her to the lower ring of Ba Sing Se and shared it amongst the young, old and sick who were homeless. She was seen to them as a saviour, a leader and a great inspiration of equality in regards to wealth. Kaizen stole from people who frown upon the homeless, who would spit in the face of these people and whose living was made through criminal activity.

But, when Kaizen robbed the wrong people she was in trouble. The people who owned the truck of gold she stole from saw her sleeping in the streets. They quickly went and told their boss that they found the person who robbed them and the boss sent a team of criminals to kill Kaizen. The next day the street of Ba Sing Se was quiet, a bit too quiet for Kaizen. She noticed that something was wrong and could sense that something was going to happen to her but she wouldn’t let her guard down. Then, 5 big men approached her where one of them said, “you stole from the wrong person Kaizen.” Kaizen was shocked, as these men knew who she was. “Yes, we know who you are Kaizen, the leader of the homeless, the saviour and inspiration for equality.” All the men laughed as they walked towards her. Kaizen stood her ground and out of no-where she bended the earth beneath her. Kaizen was surprised and electrified by her bending abilities. The 5 men were stunned to see that Kaizen was an Earthbender, they knew she was tough as a non-bender hearing the stories from other people who were robbed by Kaizen about how she attacked them out of no where. But these men knew that since she is an Earthbender she’s even more powerful. It only took 5 mins to have all men on the ground.

A talent scout saw Kaizen, he was so impressed at her reaction and defence that he offered to let her join the Badger Mole probending team in Republic City. This made Kaizen even more happy and excited that she couldn’t give up the opportunity. So At 18, Kaizen arrived to Republic City where everything fell into place and she knew she was home.

Kaizen Kazumi (talk) 07:01, September 5, 2014 (UTC)