Katsu really wasn't a fan of violence, in fact he normally detested it. There was a reason he went into theft as opposed to other crimes, as generally speaking you avoided any and all fighting in his line of work. Sure, with his martial arts training and bending he could probably take on any number of illicit activities, but those that might genuinely harm someone were well below him. Items could be replaced, lives couldn't, so he didn't lose any sleep over snatching someone's favorite vase or necklace as it wasn't that big a deal in the broad scheme of things. While perfectly logical to him others outside of his circle scarcely agreed, and he would be hard pressed to find some random soul on the street that thought the way he did.

Now was hardly the time to argue with himself over the justification of theft, he had more important things to worry about; the White Lotus was after him, again, and he'd be damned if he let them take him away. Having slipped out of the restaurant he took to the sewers as an escape route, which was hardly ideal but it would more than serve his needs. Slipping the manhole cover on securely he slid down the ladder, wasting no time in making a run for it along the side of the pipes. Right, there should be another manhole cover some few hundred meters this way, and there he could come back up to the surface and slip away in the city. Or that was the plan at least, it seemed there was going to be a slight complication in it.

[i]"Katsu, get over here, NOW!"[/i]

Ah, the sweet sound of a siren's voice grating against glass, how he'd missed that in the last half a minute. Seriously though, why in the world was Siku chasing him? She had absolutely no part in any of this, and it kind of made him mad she was getting mixed up in something she knew nothing about. Biting back the urge to shout back he kept running, silently cursing his feet for slamming into the damp concrete and basically advertising where he was. Well whatever, if he really had to he'd do what he'd done to the White Lotus to Siku; he liked her well enough but even she wasn't going to keep him from getting away. Thinking he was much too far to be hit with anything he frowned hearing the sound of rushing water, turning his head just to see a torrent spiraling at him. Gasping in surprise he quickly lifted his arms to shield himself, somehow keeping his mouth shut as he was slammed into the side of the sewers, groaning as he slipped down onto the floor.

"Are you nuts...?! What are you doing?!" Katsu shouted, glaring over at Siku as she came into view. Damn her, she was going to ruin everything! No way was he going to go back, not now and not ever. Picking himself up off the floor Katsu spit out a bit of the nasty water, wrinkling his nose in disgust as he assumed a fighting stance. Fine, if she wanted to bend then they would bend, he just hoped she didn't mind getting intimate with flames. "You have no idea what you're doing Siku, piss off!" Throwing forward a few punches he shot streams of fire at the girl, following with a few leaping-spinning kicks, a volley of fire racing at Siku. After launching those attacks he promptly turn and began running again, hoping to reach the ladder before she could really catch up to him.