Atmos
Casual Zuko
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Post by Atmos on Jan 11, 2007 6:11:09 GMT -5
BIG NOTICE: I personally do not classify myself under any ship. Was just cruising through some fanart when I hit some more writing inspiration. On deviantART.com 'zutara-shewolf777' is definitely one of the most loyal Zutarians I've ever came across. she even has a drawing of a Zutara fangirl solider. Now as I mentioned before, I'm not one for shippers but when I saw the extent and development of her Zutarian-ness, I was definitely intrigued. Aside from her awesome Zutara pictures, she has a series of drawings of on Infancy_series, going very in depth with two OC characters, Kenai and Mika, the son and daughter of Zuko and Katara. So a light bulb magically appeared over my head for a fanfic...or more. So here is my first drabble on Kenai and Mika and their experiences getting out of the palace and travelling the world with Avatar Aang, Sokka, and Toph for a few months. Here's the link to her page zutara-shewolf777.deviantart.com/Check out her gallery to see the different pictures of Kenai and Mika. Kenai - first born son - a waterbender. Mika - daughter, 3 years younger than Kenai - a firebender. (Reminder: zutara-shewolf777 is the creator of the characters, Kenai and Mika) Table of Contents1. You Can't Make Fire from Water 2. There are Earthbenders. And then there's... 3. Weakness Exploited - Combining and Blending 4. Doing Pretty Good
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Post by Atmos on Jan 11, 2007 6:11:57 GMT -5
Here's the first drabble. I actually finished it before finishing the end of Aether's Gemini. This helped me get out of my little writers block. I will write more...but in time. I seriously need to get back on track with my original - Avatar:NCD.
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The sky was partly cloudy on the late spring afternoon and the vast forest below had just restored its full, green foliage. A calm, cool breeze fluttered by. The forest floor was painted with various blotches of wildflowers. The air was filled with the cheeps and chirps of songbirds, with the occasional woodpecker hammering away on the side of a tree. Spending just several moments in such a tranquil environment would be enough to ease anyone’s mind into harmony. Oddly, there were some in the forest not enjoying themselves the least bit.
“Are you guys slowing down on me? I swear you two are spoiled with the high-life.” A man shouted aloud. Walking out through a tall bush was sturdy and strong Water Tribe Warrior. His deep blue eyes were sharp and confident. His dark hair draped just over his ears and he had a small wolf’s tail on the back of his head. His sleeveless T and pants and fingerless gloves were blue and his thick boots brown, coated with mud. He also wore a necklace of various animals’ canines. He hauled a large backpack and fishing rod on his back. Despite the hesitant size of the pack, the warrior hiked through the forest with ease at a firm pace. A voice called out from behind him, “Uncle! Come on…wait up for us!” Rolling his eyes, the warrior heaved a sigh and stopped, scratching the stubbles on his chin. Turning around he saw as a 16 year old boy stumbling out from the dense vegetation.
The boy wore an almost identical set of clothes. But compared to the brawny, dark warrior the boy was much more on the lean side and his skin much fairer. His hair was tied up into as a short pony tail. The boy also carried a bag, not as bulky as the warrior’s but large nonetheless. The boy trotted next to the man and rested his arms stiff on his knees, out of breath. His head down, sweat drops dotted his face. While catching his breath the boy said, “I just…need a breather.” The man just crossed his arms, “Kenai, where’s your sister?” As boy turned around to point, soon enough a young girl emerged out of the underbrush.
Catching up to the two, the 13 year old girl followed her brother’s lead to take advantage of the rest stop. The girl was just as fatigue as her brother, but she kept to herself. She too had similar blue clothes of the Water tribe. Her hair was tied into two long ponytails, and she had the bluest eyes, just like her mother. The Uncle gave a hard laugh, “You guys tired already?”
The boy gleamed his golden eyes at the man, “Already?! You were nearing jogging!”
The Uncle tried to point out, “But Kenai, we didn’t even cover much ground.”
Kenai retorted sharply, “We had to have trekked over ten miles straight!”
“Ten miles? That’s it?”
“Ten miles…uphill!!!”
Uncle chuckled, “You call that ‘uphill?’ ”
“No! I call that ‘up-mountain!’ ”
“Alright already,” the uncle sighed, “I get it. You guys are pooped. I guess it’s understandable. It did take me a little while to build up the stamina when I didn’t have Appa around anymore.” He scratched the top of his forehead while looking up through the forest canopy, “Okay, so listen up. Will set up camp soon, at most, before dark.”
“Wait a minute,” Kenai asked wearily, “Set up camp? You mean we’re not close to the Southern Air Temple yet?”
With eyes half open, the uncle looked straight the boy. He then caught boy off guard with a loud exaggerated laugh. Than at the last second he answered nonchalantly, “…nope.”
Kenai just huffed a big sigh, “This is going to be a long summer…”
“What, you don’t want to spend quality time with your Uncle Sokka?”
“Ah, don’t say that. I just…pictured the ‘quality time’ differently.” The last times Kenai spent with his Uncle Sokka, whether visiting him at the South Pole, or him coming to the their palace, the two enjoyed each other’s company to the fullest: cracking jokes, telling stories, learning to throw a boomerang, and having bizarre eating contests at the dinner table ignoring all possible table manners. But this…the boy didn’t expect having to travel deep through the woods to get the temple. He knew Avatar Aang wasn’t going to be at the Southern Air Temple when they would get there, so they couldn’t get a ride from Appa, Aang;s sky bison. He at least expected a caravan or an ostrich-horse and buggy.
“Uncle Sokka?” The girl finally spoke up, “Do you have some water?”
Sokka answered with a question, “You don‘t have anymore water?”
“Well Kenai chugged the rest of it a while back.” She held up the flat, long waterskin darting her gave at her brother.
The warrior turned to the boy, “That water should have lasted you at least till next morning, for the both of you. You could saved just some for your sister here.”
Kenai, standing up straight, replied, “Mika said she had her fill a while ago, and I was thirsty. Wait, please don’t tell we don’t have any more water.”
Sokka pulled out a small canteen from behind his waist, “No no, I still got my share. Here you go Mika.” He tossed the canteen to the girl. “And you can finish that up if ya want. I smell a fresh stream up ahead, so we can refill. Better yet, well set up camp at the water’s edge. So let’s get a move one. Break time’s over.” He adjusted the pack over his shoulder and again led the way at his usual, fast pace. The two siblings just looked at each other. Mika put her nose up high and sniffed, “You can smell a stream?”
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The sun was halfway down to dusk and the trio had already set up two tents near a running crystal clear stream. At the edge of the camp, the three were spread out in the bushes, gathering firewood. “And keep in mind,” Sokka explained to the kids, “When you break the branches and they crack loud like you would hear in an open fire, you know that wood’s perfect.” Soon the three of them gathered to the center of camp. Sokka and Kenai assembled the firewood and Mika carefully covered the wood with a litter of dry dead leaves.
Sokka then walked to his large pack and grabbed his fishing pole, “Alright you two, now we need to gather some grub. And taking a peek in the water, there are some good sized fish.”
“Cool, you mean we’re going to catch our own fish?” Mika darted her attention to Sokka excitedly. The uncle just nodded with a smirk. Kenai was crouched down beside the stream, rising the sweat off his arms and face. Upon hearing Sokka, he pondered with interest. Getting himself up he got into a stance in front of the water, “Alright. I’ll catch the fish with my waterbending.”
Mika then called out, “I’ll start the fire.”
Then a sudden command, “Freeze!” Uncle Sokka had had his arms spread out in gesture.
Kenai just turned his head, and Mika held her position, her index finger already lit just about to blast the firewood. Scanning the scene with her eyes only she asked, “Uh…what’s wrong, Uncle?” Quickly regaining composure, Sokka crossed his arms and gave a serious tone, “Guys, there is going to be a time where you can’t rely on your bending and will have to resort to more…practical methods to resolve a situation. Now don’t take me the wrong way, I give you guys plus points for teamwork, but I think you should get some experience in being more independent.”
The two siblings just stared, not entirely sure what he was talking about. Kenai said, “Soooo….what are you- I’m, I don’t get it.”
Sokka smiled with cheer and walked up to Mika, “Simple. Mika. You fish.” He handed her the fishing pole. “And Kenai, you start the fire.” Sokka held out in front of him two stones of flint towards Kenai.
Kenai questioned abruptly, “Wait, why do I have to start the fire? Mika can just…and I can just-”
Sokka cut him off, “Ah come on! Is this too much for you to handle ‘Oh pampered-Prince Kenai?’ ”
“Hey!” Kenai shouted, somewhat offended, “Grandpa’s the chief of the Southern Water tribe. So you’re just as much a ‘prince’ as I am.”
“Hardly,” Sokka huffed, “I’m just as much royalty as everyone else and I’m expected to work just as much as the rest, including starting fires. Can you start the fire please?”
Kenai just exclaimed, “You’re just jealous ‘cause you can’t bend!”
“Well of course it’d be cool to know how to bend, but jealous? Ha! I traveled along side one of the greatest waterbenders - your ma - the greatest earth bender ‘and’ the Avatar. I would have already died of envy. Can you start the fire please?”
Kenai stomped toward Sokka, “Fine!” and snatched the stones right from his hands, squeezing them tight in his fist. Going up to the firewood, Mika was still standing in the same spot with the fishing pole. Not thinking, Kenai directed some anger and in a discouraging tone said to his sister, “Have fun fishing.”
Mika just stuck out her tongue, “I. Will,” and trotted to the stream.
Kenai kneeled over the fire, tapping the flint pieces roughly. Sokka came up to the boy, “Whoa whoa there, don’t break the flint pieces. Trust me, you not going to have any fun rubbing two sticks together. Now don’t just tap’em together like that. You gotta rub one stone off the other when they hit.” Kenai just mumbled but did as he was instructed. Sokka caught a glimpse of Kenai’s motion and walk off, “That’s it, keep going. You’ll get big enough spark eventually.” The truth was that in all of Kenai’s memories, he has never, in his life, started a fire…intentionally. Who needs to when your father and sister are firebenders? Even when he did need to light something, there was also the nearby lit candle or occasional torch. But to start fire from scratch? “How hard can this be?” Kenai thought to himself.
Sokka looked to Mika and saw her sitting on a rock with the pole, line already cast out in the water. Sokka walked out to the edge of camp and came back with a long narrow stick about 5 feet long. He sat down leaned his back against a boulder with the view of the camp. Going into his belt, he took out a small blade and started carving the end of the stick into a point.
“It’s not…sparking.” Kenai murmured in his head. He hit the rocks again and repeated himself thought after every attempt, “It’s not sparking…It’s not sparking. It’s not sparking. It’s not sparking.” His teeth clenched, “It’s not sparking. It’s not sparking. It’s not sparking! It’s not sparking! It’s…” his thoughts slipped to his mouth as he yelled, “…not sparking!!!” He starting grunting aloud after every hit.
“Hey Mika?” Sokka eyed to the girl, “Your brother normally get like this.”
Mika rolled her eyes away from Kenai and said smoothly, “What brother? I disowned one of those few seconds ago.” And resumed her attention to the water.
The uncle sighed and walked up to the agitated youngster to investigate. Bending over beside Kenai, Sokka asked, “Hey bud, need any -”
“No!!!” Kenai shot a glare that could’ve bit Sokka’s face off.
Immune to Kenai’s sudden energy, Sokka made a careful observation. The warrior than halted Kenai’s attempts, grabbing his wrist and pulling it to him. “Here’s the problem.” Sokka figured it out noticing the black moist stains on Kenai’s palms. “You didn’t dry your hands before. You got the flint all wet. It’s not going to spark when its wet. You can’t make fire out of water now can ya?” Sokka must’ve spoke loud enough for Mika to overhear because she let out a sudden burst of laughter. Kenai tightened his lips and clenched his fists. He then stood up and spun around to face Mika in the distance, “Shut! Up!” He then lifted his hands, and water from the stream began to rise. He was about to send a wave toward his sister. But again his motions were interrupted by his uncle who grabbed him by the arms. The growing wave quickly subsided.
“Hey!” Sokka shouted, “Relax! Okay.” Kenai just turned his face away from the two, his arms still tense. Sokka looked back at Mika. She wasn’t laughing anymore. Kenai’s reaction didn’t seem like much of a surprise to her though she quieted herself. Looking at Kenai, Sokka thought but concluded to himself what was getting to the boy. Scratching the back of his head Sokka’s eyes wandered. Then with an “Ah ha” he snapped his fingers. Giving a step to Kenai, he put his hand on the boy’s shoulder. “Yo Kenai. You know you can’t make fire from water…but you ‘can’ make fire from ice.” Kenai raised in head in response.
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“Are you sure this is the right shape?” Kenai asked openly.
Sokka answered, “Yeah, so long it’s sort’a caved in on one side. Hurry it up while the sun’s still high enough.”
Near the stream, Kenai was levitating of water and making it spin and widen into a disc. His uncle stood beside him to supervise. “Okay,” he directed, “now freeze it.” And Kenai did so. The disc was now a lens of ice. Kenai grabbed the lens and took it from there. He went up to the fireplace and held the lens just over it. Observing the sun’s position, Kenai focused the lens to direct the passing light into a single dot. And before he knew it, the leaves started to smoke and kindle. He blew on fire lightly until the flames engulfed the wood.
“Alright!” Sokka watched next to him, “So whenever you don’t have a flint around you, you could also use the drinking water you have on you. Of course you could only do this if you do have drinking water and when the sun’s out.”
“Wow, I never thought of that.” Kenai said as he watched the campfire grow.
“Ah well, being a waterbender definitely has its advantages. I would only be able to do that by shaping ice with my hand. And that definitely takes skill…skill that I already have,” he finished with an arrogant tone. Kenai just laughed.
“Hey! Hey!” Mika yelled, “I got one! I gotta bite.” She was already tugging hard, pulling the pole back. After about 30 seconds of tug-a-war the fish finally lost enough strength to be pulled out of the water and flung high in the air. The fish flew over Mika’s head landing on the ground with the hook still attached in its mouth. Sokka picked up the fish and removed the hook. It was little over half the size of his forearm, but plump. “Heh-hey. Congratulations Mika. You just caught your dinner. And not a bad catch if I do say so myself.” He then handed it to Mika by the tail. “Let me and your brother catch our fish and we’ll start cooking.”
“You think any fish will be biting for you, Uncle Sokka?” She giggled as she offered him the fishing pole.
“Au contraire, my little niece.” He said as he rejected the fishing pole. “I never had the best luck for the fish to come to me.” He picked up the long branch that he was carving, “So I come to the fish.”
Sokka climbed on the rock that Mika was sitting on before, scanning the stream below. Kenai had already walked up to Mika when he asked, “You think he’ll get something?”
“Sure, why not?” Mika didn’t have any doubts. After five minutes standing patiently on the rock, Sokka had launched the wooden spear into the stream. He then quickly jumped in the water to retrieve his catch. Hoisting up the spear, he reveal a fairly large trout, speared right at its center. “Mmm mmmm. I can taste it already.” Sokka licked his lips. He walked out of the stream to see Mika sitting cross-legged resting her chin on her palms. He asked her, “Where’s your brother?”
“Right here,” Kenai called out walking out bushes, from upstream. Tossed over his shoulder was a fish at least 3 feet long, almost twice the size as his uncle’s catch. Sokka went bug-eyed for a moment, “Whoa-hoa ho! Now who says you can’t go camping still not eat like royalty?” The two kids just laughed.
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The night was clear with a crescent moon high in the sky. The bonfire lit up the campsite. The trio had eaten their dinner, and Sokka and Kenai had finished sparring each other with sword sized sticks. Kenai was now lying on his back near the stream, just staring up at the night sky, his hands folded behind his head.
“Yo!” Sokka called out as Kenai heard his footsteps approaching. “Kenai, you ain’t tired? Your sister’s went out like candlelight.”
Kenai just mumbled, “Eh, I’m just thinking stuff.” His eyes still fixed at the sky.
“Yeah, me too.” Sokka crouched down and laid on his back beside his nephew, “You know, you showed some talent back there with the sparring.”
“Yeah, I actually learned to use broadswords with dad. Since he spends time with Mika with fire bending, it’s kind of the only thing we do a lot together. And when I’m not waterbending with mom, it’s the only thing I spend time doing. I mean, I spar with the guys my age, but most of them prefer practicing for Agni Kai duels and what not.” Kenai sighed, “Hey, uncle. I’m sorry about saying that you being jealous.”
“Psss, don’t worry ‘bout it. Listen, I know you’re going through a tough time, being the first waterbenders in the Fire Nation’s royal family. Your ma tells me plenty about it.”
“I deal with it,” Kenai shrugged, “It’s just. When dad has those meetings with all those old geezers, they’re always bugging him about it, me being a waterbender and all. Pretty much they keep telling him that I can’t be the next Fire lord. Whatever, I don’t want to be fire lord anyway.”
The uncle folded is arms behind his head, “Well let me just tell you this, don’t let stupid customs get in the way of what you wanna do.”
Kenai turned his head to his uncle, “Uh, but I thought the south pole wasn’t big on ‘stupid customs.’ ”
“Oh no,” Sokka assured him, “Not the ‘Southern’ Water Tribe. But I knew someone that had to deal with stupid customs…” he gazed up at the moon, “…a long time ago. But, we still have a out little quirk traditions here and there, like ice dodging. Oh speaking of which, your cousin had just performed his ice dodging a month ago. Boy was I proud of him. My two boys are both full-fledged men.”
“Oh, so how are they doing?” Kenai asked with interest. He just to himself of the good times he spent with his cousins when we visited the south pole. They were the best friends we ever had.
“Oh they’re doing great. You know they would’ve came along with me, if they weren’t on an expedition with you grandpa. And you Aunt Suki is hard at work supervising the lessons at Kyoshi. Oh and she says hi by the way.”
Kenai gave a loud “pfft” before saying, “Oh well tell her I said the same…if you remember.”
Sokka just laughed. The two then became quiet. Kenai then asked, “So uncle, do you want to be the next chief of the tribe?”
Sokka thought for a minute before responding. “Well…other than being the leader and all, it’s not really the most appealing to me. Everyone always counting on you, which puts a lot of pressure. Like your dad - I’d have to go to a lot of boring meetings with old geezers. Not really much free-range if you ask me. But yeah, I’d still do my best to earn the title next.”
Kenai raised a brow in confusion, “Wait, why would you still want to be chief then?”
Sokka grinned sarcastically, “It’s the only thing that’ll impress your Aunt Suki, haha!”
“Ah…oh.” Kenai just accepted the and pretended to get it.
“You know Kenai, the southern water tribe’s always in need of a good waterbender. They’re still far and few in the south pole. And the northern tribe still has the best of the best since your ma’s not around anymore to show off for us anymore, heheh.” Sokka then got up from the ground and stretched his arms out, “Well, Kenai we still have at least a day and half’s hike before we reach the temple, so you better get some shut eye. And I know you’re tired after today.”
Sleep…the direct thought of it along made Kenai yawn out loud, “Yeah, I actually am pretty tired.” He got himself and followed his uncle back to the tents.
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Post by Victim ~*of *~Circumstances on Jan 11, 2007 7:33:27 GMT -5
Wow, that was pretty good. I enjoyed reading it.
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zukoxme
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Post by zukoxme on Jan 11, 2007 18:41:09 GMT -5
Very good! Please continue!
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Jenny Lee
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Post by Jenny Lee on Jan 12, 2007 15:17:06 GMT -5
Good job! I hope you can continue the story!
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Atmos
Casual Zuko
Tame the Flame
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Post by Atmos on Jan 12, 2007 16:45:40 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I'm glad your enjoyed it. And don't worry, I have already have firm plans for a few more drabbles for this series.
But now I'm trying to catch up with my other fanfic Avatar:NCD - which I plan to have the next chapter by this weekend.
But I will try to alternate between the two.
Edit: Oh cool, I'm a Jet! ^^
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Post by masterwb on Jan 14, 2007 20:28:21 GMT -5
Please keep em coming all the fanfics i've read of yours are great
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Post by Atmos on Jan 15, 2007 6:14:37 GMT -5
Sharp gray mountain peaks pierced through and over the flowing cloudscape. At this time of year, in the late spring the high alpine range was still freshly dusted with snow and the air was cold and crisp. But an occasional updraft from the lower, warmer altitudes helped sooth off the frostbitten temperatures. On the peak of one of the giant spire-like mountains stood an intricate temple complex - the Southern Air Temple.
From one of the buildings, a balcony stretched outward into the open where a group of people and an enormous sky bison were each bundled in light coats.
“Wow, is this really the little Mika from 6 years ago? You sure have grown,” A women in a green and beige outfit was hugging the young firebender. Mika replied, “I’m really glad to see you again, Toph.” The woman had her dark hair wrapped into a large bun and her long bangs hung over her milky eyes. Toph gave a warm smile, “Geez, and you sound so much Katara when I first met her.” As the two stepped back from each other, Toph turned in the direction of Kenai who was standing behind Mika.
Kenai greeted, “Hey Toph, it’s good to see you.” And just as he closed in for a hug he was stopped as Toph bluntly reached out and grabbed his chin. She then patted his left cheek and ear. “No way.” She awed for a few seconds. “Now if you were any taller, I would might’ve confused you for a younger Zuko. But your face is a dead giveaway. Come here Kenai,” and she gave him a robust hug, “Geez, you’re already taller than me. I remember you were just about Mika’s height when I last saw you, if not shorter.”
There was a laugh in the background; it was Sokka, “You’re already sounding like an old lady, Toph.”
Toph coughed up a fake laugh, “Hardy-har. Just remember Sokka, you’ll always be the older one. Ain’t that right Aang.”
A monk standing next to Sokka just chortled, “Afraid so.” The bald monk was easily recognizable with the large blue arrow tattoo the run down from his back onto his forehead. He wore a draping orange robe, with a large beaded necklace. Aang was already bombarded with the welcomes of the two kids.
Sokka, “Yes, I am the wiser one of the bunch and whoa! Toph you’re actually wearing shoes?” She just noticed.
“Yeah, if you haven’t figured it out. It’s a bit cold up here. But these boots aren’t so bad. They’re thin enough so I can still see perfectly.”
Stepping toward the center of the group Aang said to the kids, “Well I’m sure your guys are exhausted after having to climb up the mountains. If I had know you guys had arrived so soon. I would have came much earlier with Appa. These mountain cliffs are just as dangerous as they are steep. I really didn’t expect you guys to have to ‘climb’ up here…” Aang’s eyes targeted the warrior, “…Sokka.”
“Hey hey,” Sokka gave an innocent tone and justified, “It was the perfect opportunity to give these guys a feel for outdoors after being cooped up in a big palace; just a big warm-up for what’s ahead.”
Kenai backed up his uncle, “Yeah it wasn’t that bad. Hiking and camping…it was pretty cool.”
Sokka added on, “Yeah see. And we’d be willing to do all over again too.”
Mika grunted, “Uncle, speak for yourself.”
Kenai pointed out to Aang, “I’m not really that tired, but I am hungry.” Mika nodded in agreement to Aang. Toph also voted in, “I’m with these guys.” Suddenly, Momo, Aang’s flying lemur, swooped by and landed on Toph’s shoulder, somehow picking up on the general discussion.
“Okay then,” Aang said, “Let’s eat. Toph and I had stocked plenty of food from the last village that could last us a week. There’s a small dining room, I had cleaned up a while back where we can eat. And mealtime’s always a great way to start catching up.” He then gestured to Mika and Kenai, “Come on, help me unload the stuff from Appa.”
Sokka stopped Aang when saying, “Well you guys get settled and relax. I got to head to the south shore. My fellow tribesmen will be making a pit stop there in two days from the south pole. So I gotta get going now.”
“Your joking.” Aang raised a brow.
Toph butted in, “I swear Sokka. You know, we get the point already. Oooo…you’re the man the wild - you have the keen senses and manpower to wrestle down a platypus bear. You would just relax for some. You know we can ride you down on Appa.”
Sokka replied suavely, “I’m just trying to pull my share of an example. And maybe I just feel like roughing it out a bit.”
“Oh come on Uncle Sokka,” Mika pleaded. “At least have dinner with us.”
Aang then added, “We have plenty of fresh fish and venison. And I don’t know anyone that can cook venison quite like you do.”
Sokka was already pondering the taste, “Well…if you guys are going to need me around a bit longer, I guess I could stick around…till morning.”
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“And you should’ve seen his reaction when he thought there was a prickle snake in his sleeping bag. And that was the third time I did it to him.” Aang was narrating as Kenai and Mika were cracking up. They were all seated at the table, including Momo. Most of them halfway through their meal.
“Yeah yeah laugh it up,” Sokka rolled his eyes, “That happened way back before I found out those snakes weren’t even poisonous.”
“That’s genius, Aang,” Kenai commented, “Scaring him with a snake. Hmmm.” His eyes shifted to the ceiling in deep thought and a grin widened.
“What are you thinking?” Mika squinted at him.
Kenai answered quickly, “Oh no no. Nothing.” He quickly changed the subject, getting the Avatar’s attention, “So Aang. You said, we’ll be here with you for a few weeks training and stuff. I’m really looking forward to that. I want to work really really hard this year. You could help me learn some more ice techniques. Considering it all cold out here and…”
“Too late!” Mika said over Kenai’s voice, “I already asked him to help me first.” She stuck out her tongue to her brother.
“So!” He jabbed his sister with a glare. “Aang can help me out too. Right Aang?” He turned to the monk, who had a neutral facial expression. Folding his hands in front of him he said, “Well of course. I’ll be more than happy to help you too, Kenai. But I’m afraid between the both of you as well as keeping schedule of my “me time” mediating and all…I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to go so in-depth with the training as you’d like. But I guess I could still teach you…”
“Hey hey!” Toph waved a hand in front of her, “Don’t forget about me. I’m going be stuck here with Twinkle-Toes too. Kenai, I could train you no sweat.”
Kenai did a double-take, “You can train me Toph? Oh okay, cool. But how can…” “…I train you?” Top finished his sentence for him.
“Yeah.” Kenai said, “I mean, I’m a waterbender and…”
“Well duh! I know you’re a waterbender. Don’t worry about that. I’m already thinking of plenty of strategies. You said you wanted to focus on your ice techniques, right? Ice is something I could definitely relate to…much more than fire.” Toph faced toward Mika. “No offense sweetheart, but when it comes to fire - when I feel the heat coming towards me, I just block, duck, or dodge.”
Mika just giggled.
Toph then asked Kenai, “So Kenai, you up for it? Heck, you’ll also be getting you first experience fighting an earthbender.”
Kenai was thinking it over, “Well I guess.”
“Fighting an earthbender, ha,” Sokka chuckled with a mouthful of meat. Sitting next to Kenai, Sokka closed in on the boy’s ear, “Just keep this in mind, Kenai. There are earthbenders. And then there’s Toph.”
“Sokka,” Aang tried to hush Sokka, “What, are you trying to scare him or something?”
“Please, Aang, just look back at your own experiences with Toph. She almost creamed you in training back in the day.”
“Back in the day?” Toph interjected, “Who’s getting old again?”
Sokka ignored her and went back to teasing Kenai, “So my nephew, you think you can handle training with the toughest and strongest earthbender on the planet?”
Sokka was getting to him but just said, “Um huh…sure. Why not?”
As Sokka’s opposition Aang told Kenai, “Don’t worry. If I’m not mistaken you trained with the best waterbender. The same waterbender that taught me.”
Kenai sighed in relief. He had forgotten at the moment that his mother had also trained the Avatar. How could Toph be any different, other than the element.
“Ooo.” Toph rubbed her palms, “I’m even more excited now that you pointed that out, Aang. It so much fun taking in apprentices. Especially when I taking them out of Katara’s hands.” She gave a wide grin, one that seemed somewhat ominous to Kenai.
Kenai wasn’t sure what she meant, but Aang said sarcastically, “You such a comedian, Toph.”
Toph bowed her head, “Thank you Aang. Kenai - be sure to get some sleep” She then got up from her chair and started leaving, “We’ll start training first thing in the morning.”
“What tomorrow! Already?” Kenai thought and before he could object she already left the room. He leaned back on his chair staring at his food.
“See Kenai. It all works out.” His sister told him with instigative tone.
He looked up to give her another glare when he flinched back from Sokka’s close-upped face. His uncle’s eyes were wide and with a menacing low voice he said, “Be afraid. Be very…afraid.” He then shoved a piece of venison in his mouth.
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Tame the Flame
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Post by Atmos on Jan 15, 2007 6:17:44 GMT -5
Please keep em coming all the fanfics i've read of yours are great Thanks^^ I'm glad to hear. I'm actually now starting a short story 'Sandbender fanfic.' *I think writing fanfics is becoming an obsessive hobby (@_@)*
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Post by Atmos on Jan 18, 2007 7:25:48 GMT -5
Below the base of the towering Southern Air Temple there was a flat clearing that stretched out just off the side of the steep mountain. It was a perfect spot to play with fire. Mika panted with exhaustion. The Water tribe clothes she wore were warm but also light. Her eyes focused on Avatar Aang, her target. He stood just several meters away from her. He wore his usual attire, his orange monk robe. Unlike Mika who was huffing and puffing, Aang didn’t seem to break sweat. He just stared at her, waiting for her next move. That’s all he did. Wait her move just to dodge them again and again. Every time she let out a blast of fire, Aang would swiftly elude the flame and somehow slither his way around and behind her.
She finally came up with an idea. Both hands clenched she inhaled deeply. Then as she exhaled she stomped forward and shot both her hands forward launching two blasts. The blasts were evenly spaced apart so that they would hit Aang which ever direction he would turn. But he didn’t move any direction. With a single swipe of his hand, a current of air rushed right in front of him deflecting the blasts.
Mika suddenly gasped as she saw Aang charging right for her. Conditionally, she started punching away, launching flame after flame. Aang swiped past them all, still with full speed ahead. Not knowing what else to do she gathered all her energy. Holding both hands forward Mika fired a massive flamethrower that completely engulfed her view which lasted for about four seconds. She dropped her arms and with anticipation glared ahead. Aang was no where to be seen.
“Hello,” voice called out right behind her and before she could even turn her head back, Aang gave Mika a hard shove that knocked her off her feet. No airbending required, he just pushed her. Mika, too tired to even try to catch herself, crashed to the ground on her side.
She groaned as she turned on her back. She looked up into the cloudy sky. Her gaze then shifted when she saw Aang walking right beside her. He bent over and offered his hand, “Sorry if that hurt, Mika.”
In all her fatigue and bewilderment, all she could say was, “You pushed me.”
Aang sniggered under his breath, “I was just trying to show my point.”
Not moving she just asked, “Which is?”
“You have absolutely no defense. You focused all your energy to try and attack me. But I’ll mention your attacks are quite proficient for a child your age. Still you lacked any defense. A skilled acrobat could easily dodge your blows. Sure, when they creep on you can shoo them away once in a while with flaming hand and what not, but all your opponent needs to do is intimidate you enough that you’ll use all your energy to attack. Then when you finally run out of energy, all your opponent needs to do close in on you and…push you down.”
Mika sighed. She finally grabbed Aang’s hand and got up. Aang placed his hand across her shoulders. They both started walking back toward the temple. “Mika, your firebending skills are very good. I can tell you practice a lot.”
She looked to Aang, “I train a lot with daddy.” Her breathing calmed, “He said that soon I’ll be ready to learn how to shoot lightning. Do you think I’m ready for that? Oh, can you help me learn lightning?”
Aang nodded, “You most certainly have what takes to work with lightning. But let’s save those lessons for you and your dad.”
Mika pouted, “Then what else is there left for me to do?”
Aang tilted his head at her in disappointment, “Mika, I thought I just told you what you could work on.”
“You just told me I have no defenses.”
“Yes, exactly. And now that you’re aware of your weakness…you could maybe work to eliminate those weaknesses.”
“Ooooh!” Mika slapped her hand to her forehead. It completely made sense to her now that she thought about it. Being a little tired, sparring with the Avatar did make her a little airy.
“So what can I do to ‘eliminate’ those weaknesses?” She asked him.
“Well, it isn’t at all easy. The weakness you share is very common amongst your element. Firebenders focus on overwhelming their opponents with a strong offense, but barely have any direct defense. But when you don’t have a good “head-on” defense like earthbenders, for example, the next best thing is evasion. Evasion and endurance is the strong point in airbending. As you noticed before, I took my time in dodging your attacks and waited for you to tire out.”
“Yeah…you did.” Mika thought about it, “So you’re saying that since I can’t defend like an earthbender, I should dodge like an airbender?”
Aang pointed his index finger in the air, “Correct, Mika. Like air, fire isn’t all steady-stable like earth. It’s easy to relate fire to air. If you think about it: all fire is, is just really hot air. Firebending has the potential to be just as dynamic as airbending. You just need to get to know the properties of air better.”
“Oh I get it. So I can eliminate my weakness if I fight like an airbender.”
Aang laughed, “Your on the right track. But keep in mind that airbending alone has it’s own set of weakness. What we’re trying to focus on is ‘combining’ the techniques of firebending and airbending.”
Mika gave a wide grin, “Cool! That’s cool. So where do we start?”
Aang chuckled again, “Well I thought we’d start over a warm cup of tea.”
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The echoing winds hollowed in the distance, blowing through the cold valley. Though on occasion a loud booming sound would rumble out through the alpine landscape. A smooth mountain glacier spanned throughout the valley. On the glacier Kenai and Toph, bundled in their coats, both faced each other, standing right next to side of cliff in the middle of a heated battle. Toph quickly aimed her hands toward the mountainside. She quickly pulled her hands back and several boulders broke of the mountain. The rocks hovered over the earthbender only to be directed straight at Kenai. Repeating the maneuver as before, Kenai liquefied the ice in front him. The water then spread out and sprouted upward. Kenai then froze the water into an ice wall, just in time for the boulders to make impact. Kenai re-liquefied the ice wall. He rounded up the water into the stream and readied his chance to strike. Unfortunately he didn’t have enough time.
More rocks had flown straight at him. With little time and no other choice, Kenai dropped the water he was bending and ducked from the oncoming projectiles. On his stomach, he looked up; he looked straight at Toph. He gasped to himself as he thought of a quick second plan. Kenai quickly jumped to his feet. He raised his arms and with a wave motion, and then whipped them down.
The ice in front of him melted into water and in a chain reaction the melting spread toward Toph. If his plan worked, the brief melting would reach Toph’s feet and then quickly solidifying again, freezing her feet in place. But to his surprise, Toph sensed the melting ice heading toward her. She jumped in the air. Toph broke of another chunk of rock from the mountainside and it landed right under her. The melting ice that reach under her just froze the rock’s base and Toph gently landed on the rock. Then without warning she jumped off the rock and toward Kenai. The rock broke into pieces and once Toph landed from her jump, the flying boulders lunged toward Kenai.
Again Kenai melted the surrounding ice to form another ice wall. The wall formed in time, but it wasn’t strong enough to take the impact from all the five boulders at once. The ice wall shatter, but it broke the rocks’ momentum enough to keep out of Kenai’s reach. But Kenai had flinched back and landed on his butt from the wall’s shattering blow with the rocks. He tried to catch his breath. But he was just too tired. He wouldn’t have the reflexes to stop another set of flying stones. And it didn’t seem like Toph was going to stop anytime soon.
“Stop! Stop! Time out!” Kenai called out. He instinctively waved his arms out in forfeit, completely forgetting about Toph’s absence of vision. “Time out!”
Several rocks levitating around the woman made sudden drops onto the ice. The earthbender then firmly walked over to the boy. Kenai got himself up while shaking off the bits of snow on the back of his pants.
“Alright then.” Toph stopped right in front of Kenai, “How long’s the time out? Two minutes? Five minutes?”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa!” Kenai caught up to his breath, “I can’t do that again right now.”
“Don’t tell me you’ve given up.”
“No, I haven’t given up. I just…I didn’t even have time to strike back at you. You weren’t giving me a break.”
“What?!” Toph crossed her arms, “I wasn’t giving you a break?” She then mocked out a tone of sympathy, “Aww, I didn’t given the Prince waterbender a break. I’m so sorry. I totally forgot that when you’re fighting your enemy, your enemy normally pauses the battle looks at you, ‘Hey there Kenai, you seem a bit flustered. Would you like a time out? Do you what to head out and get a drink at the nearest tavern while we take a break? Would you like for me stand in place so you can hit me? Would that make you feel better?’ ”
“That’s not what I meant.” Kenai grumbled, “I was just stuck. I didn’t have time to defend ‘and’ attack. You beat me.”
“So have given up. And ‘Duh!’ You were doing just about the same thing over again. If it didn’t work the first time, it’s not going to work again.”
“I didn’t do the same thing over again. Yeah, maybe the ice wall a couple of times so I wouldn’t get ‘killed.’ But I waved a different attack every time.”
“No, you were doing the same thing.” Toph said calmly.
“No I wasn’t!” Kenai retorted.
Toph gave long-winded sigh, “You really must became dependent on your Mom’s ‘positive reinforcement.’ Fine I’ll give a little heads up.”
“Positive what? Uh…okay.”
“Now…what are those two motions that you waterbenders revolve your techniques around? What are those opposite movements you repeat?”
“Uh…” Kenai thought out loud, “Opposite movements?…uh…Push and pull?”
“Ay! Good to hear you understand your own element. Now, you notice how with water there are two steps to completing a motion. Those two motions would be, what?”
“Uh, push and pull?”
“Exactly. Push and Pull. Are you getting the picture?”
Kenai, whispered to himself, “That Sokka was right…”
“What?!”
“Uh, uh. I mean. No I’m not getting the picture. What does push and pull have to do with anything?”
Toph grunted with impatience, “It has to do with everything, Mama’s boy!”
“Hey!”
“Push and pull.” Toph swayed her head side to side rhythmically. She spoke with a beat as she titled her head side to side, “Push and pull, Push and pull, Water to ice, Ice to water, Push and pull, Absorb and release, Again and again, The same thing, Same pattern, Over and over, All one’s got to do…” she then went off beat, and waved her hands up, “Is break the rhythm!”
Kenai recoiled from her brief outburst, “Oh…” was the only thing he said.
“All your methods, Kenai, revolve around ‘pushing’ and ‘pulling.’ You always needed a certain amount of time to gather or mold your energy (the push) before you could actually let out your attack (the pull). With ease, I kept you from ever retaining that cycle, that cycle that’s the key concept to waterbending. Now don’t get me wrong. It’s that very method that is the component even the strongest of waterbending attacks, but if your opponent can keep you from starting the cycle. You’re not going to go very far. I pretty much exploited your biggest weakest.”
“Okay. Now we’re getting somewhere. So you telling me I should come up with a…‘new’ method.” Kenai crossed his arms.
“Exactly. You pretty much have two directions of improvement. You can either practice that same concept, only to quicken the pace of your cycle, therefore reducing the chance of getting stuck. But that’s something you can do on your own time with Mama Katara.”
Ignoring her tease he asked, “So the other direction would then be…what?”
Toph turned her head toward the mountainside. She stretched her hand out at that direction and then pulled her hand back. A rock broke off the mountain and shot straight toward her. But effortlessly, she caught the rock single-handedly. The rock was about as large as her head. She took the rock and held it over her stomach. “See this rock?”
“Yeah…”
“Let’s say you were to punch my stomach and this rock was in the way. Would the rock be a good enough defense to block your punch?”
Kenai nodded, “Uh huh.”
“So right there, this rock can provide a form of defense.”
“Yeah,” Kenai just kept nodding
“Now if I was to take this rock,” Toph lifted it over her head, “and throw it at you, would this rock hurt you?”
“Yeah yeah yeah!” he answered promptly with his hands cringed over his face.
“Alright then,” she brought the right back down to chest-level, “So this rock can also be used as an offense. This rock right here can be used defensively and offensively without ever changing its form. When I’m using this rock in battle, I don’t need to take the time to mold its form. I just quickly use it to defend, and basically turn it into my offense in a split second. Kenai, you said you wanted to work with ice right? Ice is a solid just like rock. And if you can learn to handle ice like earthbenders use earth, you’ll easily rid yourself from any openings. You know, you probably would have stood a chance in battle if you didn‘t waste your time melting the ice and then freezing back into a wall. It would have saved a great deal if you would just bend the ice upward.” Kenai put his hand to his chin as he pondered.
Toph continued, “Water is the element of change. But that doesn’t mean you always have to change. You got to learn when’s the right time to change. Changing takes time. Block, change, hit, change, block, change, hit. Every time you make a ‘change’ you leave yourself open. Sometimes you can’t afford to take the time to change. You have to compress the cycle: block, hit, block, hit, block, hit. Are you getting this down? Because I sound like I’m repeating myself and I’m not going to tell you this again.”
“Yeah, I get it. So you’re saying I should fight earthbenders like an earthbender.”
“Eh…yes and no. Learning earthbending techniques can help, but every element has its vulnerabilities, even when two of the same element go against themselves. What you want to do is the blend techniques of both. That way not only will you add on more advantages, but you’ll diminish your weaknesses too. But ultimately it’s all up to you to know when to pull the right move.” Toph turned to the side and threw the rock to the cliff. “Alright! Enough chit-chat. Time to get serious with this!”
“Wait, you weren’t being serious before?!”
Toph walked down the sloped tracks, “Follow me. First thing we’re gonna do is get you to feel the difference between ice and water head on.”
“I know the difference between-”
“Quit whining already!”
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Out on the balcony there was a clear view of the sun just about to set. Aang and Mika sat cross-legged side-by-side, facing out from the balcony. Momo quietly napped in front of them. Both of them were in a tranquil, meditative state. Eyes closed, they both took rhythmic breaths, inhaling deeply through the nose then gently exhaling through the mouth.
While keeping his eyes shut, Aang asked Mika, “Now Mika, can you tell me why we’re doing these breathing exercises?”
Mika opened her eyes and thought, “Hmm, because breathing is the source of our fire?”
“Very good. The strength of your flame is always determined by the quality of your breath. That’s why it’s important to keep your breathing controlled at all times. Even in the heat of battle when your body starts to tire, you still have to focus on keeping your breathing as regular as possible.”
Aang opened his eyes and held out his palm. “Do as I do,“ he instructed and a small flame ignited over his hand. “Naturally, the flow of the fire’s energy follows the general flow of our breath.” Aang took in a deep breath, and the flame condensed. Then when he exhaled, the flame grew in size momentarily then back again. The whole time, Mika was watching and mimicking Aang’s motions.
“It is our breath that keeps this flame alive and at its most stable state. Now if we are going to treat fire like air. We need to know what it is that makes air stable. Normally we don’t see air in a stable state. We may feel an occasional breeze. But that breeze could easily be blocked or swayed as it hits the side of a mountain or even our own bodies. It doesn’t retain shape.”
“But how can air form a shape?”
Aang just smiled, “Under the right conditions, air can be molded into a stable form. But in nature it takes a lot of energy to form the shape, and when it does form, it is one of the most destructive forces in nature.”
“Um…like a typhoon?”
“Correct, a cyclone is the prime example of a stable body of air. It is stable because of its spin. There are actually many things that don’t retain stability unless it has a spin to it. The most common example are many toys or weapons. Those little propeller sticks. If you don’t spin them, they drop to the ground. But give them a spin and they can take off in the air. And if you think of my air scooter, the reason why I’m able to ‘stand’ on air is because of its spin.”
“So stable air is spinning air?”
Aang nodded, “Now,” He directed the his attention to the flame on his palm, “we have to incorporate the stability of air with the source of fire.” Taking a deep breath, the flame on his hand suddenly began to spin in a tiny circle. It spun faster and faster, until it took shape of a red and orange ring.
“Ooo…cool.” Mika watched with anticipation.
“As you see,” Aang explained, “I reshaped the flow of the fire’s energy into this spinning ring here, but it’s still fueled by the breath. Now as I mentioned before, its natural that the flow of energy follows the direction of our breathing. What you have do here is take control of the energy’s path. See, right now if I was to keep my flow of energy the same as before,” Aang took in a deep breath, and exhaled, and the ring started wobbling, “I loose its stability of the spin.” The ring then quickly regained its steady spin. “Now you try. And remember, your breathing the same, but your bending your energy into the spin.”
Mika concentrated on her flame. She breathed in, then out. Her flame started vibrated left to right, then in all directions. She put her other hand over the flame to try and help keep it steady. The fire then spiraled outwardly. Mika breathed in again, then out. The fire slowly shaped its orbit, spinning in a floating red ring hovering between her hands.
“I did it!…oh, whoa!” The moment she became excited she almost lost its shape. But she kept it steady keeping her breaths regular.
“Well done, Mika.” Aang applauded contently.
Mika smiled but kept her eyes fixed on the ring.
“This breathing exercises is something you should be doing everyday. Whether it’s after you get up, or after a meal. You should always give some time to mediate. It can help your focus tremendously. But sitting around and mediating is certainly not the only thing we’ll be doing. Unlike earth, with can keep its stability just sitting as a rock or water which can keep its stability just the same as ice, fire and air require constant motion for stability whether its breathing or giving it a spin. Motion requires energy. We’re working with the most energy-demanding elements. That is why we’ll also focus on building our physical endurance.”
Aang lifted his head and looked out toward the distant mountains where the sun was already hiding. Dusk was near its end. Aang looked but at Mika who was still focused on keeping her little ring of fire afloat. Aang announced, “But will start on that for tomorrow. It’s getting late, and it’s about time for supper.”
Mika extinguished the flaming bracelet of fire and sighed deeply, “Okay, I am little hungry. You think there’s still food left after Uncle Sokka took his big share before leaving.” They both got up and trotted inside.
“Well, taking your uncle into the food factor, were definitely going to have to fly by the nearest village to stock up sooner than planned, but that’s not a problem. Come on, lets set up dinner before Kenai and Toph come back. I know Kenai will definitely be hungry after a day with Toph.”
“Toph sounds really tough and strict with the training, at least that‘s what uncle said. You think Kenai’s still alive?” She giggled.
Aang just laughed, “Of course. Trust me, if I survived Toph’s training, your brother will do just fine.” He then gave a quick thought, “Though knowing Toph, he’s probably being forced to carry up rocks on the way back.”
“Ouch.” she squeezed her eyes by the thought.
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“Don’t slow down on me now, Mama’s boy! Haul that scrawny butt of yours up that stream!” Toph yelled out wrathfully as she walked backwards up a trail. The trail was adjacent to swallow spring of clear water. Kenai was following Toph, walking through the stream. Though going against the stream didn’t help in climbing up the slope, it wasn’t the reason he was tremendously exhausted and sweating profusely in the cold air. Kenai was carrying a large bulk of ice over his back. He lost track of how far he walked up the trail, but he knew that if he stopped, Toph would cause the ground below to shake and he would lose his balance. And if he lost his balance and dropped the ice, he would have to add more weight to the ice and continue.
Toph briefly paused from her harsh commanding and looked up to the sky. She felt the sudden absence of the sun’s heat. But the air could have just suddenly cooled down. She walked down the trail, up to Kenai. His knees shook every time he lifted a leg forward. The cold dry air stung his throat every time he took in a harsh breath.
“Kenai, is it evening already?” She thought she’d ask him.
He murmured under an exhale, “Yeah…”
“What was that?” Toph asked with instigation.
“Yes!” he breathed out loudly.
“Okay, let’s call it a day, then.”
To Kenai, those words sounded heavenly. He tilted his to the side and the ice dropped from his back. His back still slouched he ambled his way out of the stream and collapsed onto the dirt trail on his hands and knees. He tried to gulp a few times in attempt to moisten his mouth and throat, but he just coughed at first.
“Get up, Kenai. Aang should be getting dinner ready right about now, and I don‘t know about you, but I’m hungry.”
“What…was the point…in all that?” Kenai tried to asked
Toph put her fists to the sides of her waist, “What was the point in what?”
“That!” Kenai flung his arm to point at the big chunk of ice at the stream. “Carrying around a giant ice cube! Walking up a stream! This just seems like regular exercise.”
Toph furrowed her brow, “It is regular exercise. You’re going to be doing this everyday.”
“What?!”
Toph retorted, “Get up already! Mom’s not here to carry you in her arms.”
Gathering up his bits of strength his slowly got to his feet. He was cold and hot at the same time. “Why…am I doing this…everyday?”
Toph just started walking up the trail heading back to the Temple. Kenai groaned in aggravation but forced himself to jog and catch up to Toph. The stars twinkled into view one by one in the darkening sky. Toph explained to Kenai, “A rock is a stubborn element. An earthbender needs the guts and the physical strength to overcome that rock. Water on the other hand is the element of change, or as I like picture, an element with mood swings. Water can be soothing or stubborn. Either way you need to build the physical strength to easily overcome it in any state. By carrying that huge mass of ice through the stream, you’re building your strength to overcome the element in both states at the same time. In other words, you immerse yourself in you element. By doing so, you get the feel for it. This’ll help you understand the difference of the two states, therefore, learn how to handle them more properly. This is especially important to prepare yourself with ice.”
“So…I gotta do this everyday. This is it?”
“No, that’s not ‘all’ your going to do. We’ll be working on different exercises as well.”
Kenai groaned. He slouched as he followed Toph up the trail and his hands dangled down like dead weight. He wanted to pass out into bed, but his stomach ached just as much as the rest of his body.
“After we eat, you better get some shut eye for tomorrow.”
Kenai gave out a blunt “Ha!” hearing what she had said. That was the first thing Toph said that he really looked forward to.
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Post by masterwb on Jan 18, 2007 20:56:47 GMT -5
Please keep em coming all the fanfics i've read of yours are great Thanks^^ I'm glad to hear. I'm actually now starting a short story 'Sandbender fanfic.' *I think writing fanfics is becoming an obsessive hobby (@_@)* I like that obbsessive hobby. It's a good obbsession. And the third part was great.
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Post by Meadow on Jan 19, 2007 16:55:38 GMT -5
Wow. Very nice work Atmos. I really like your writing style. Keep up the good work.
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Post by waterfire (I am back!!!) on Jan 19, 2007 22:13:57 GMT -5
Love it!
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Post by Atmos on Jan 20, 2007 6:25:09 GMT -5
Thanks guys (^_^)
I definitely has at least a few more parts to add on, so the next segment should be up no more than a week. *guesstimating*
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Post by waterfire (I am back!!!) on Jan 22, 2007 23:48:09 GMT -5
I like the story.Karma for you!!!
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