Post by Teяa253 on May 11, 2008 10:31:48 GMT 1
The 12th installment of my series.
This is a flashback to part 2 of Kai II's waterbending training.
RELEVANT MEMORIES (II)
I knew that my mother might have wanted to kill me during our spar, but I knew it would not be permanent, even if she did. She had done it before, but she always revived me immediately. I was knocked unconscious after her final plunge, but I got hp and quickly healed myself. My process was painful for a split-second, but after that, I was as good as new.
“Good job,” my mother said, “you have mastered the Kai Serenes self-healing technique.” She stopped our little spar and began massaging my shoulders again. This made me feel even better than I did before her attack. “Of course, after I tell you a few things, we are going to continue. I need to instruct you on the four special moves that I tend to use against enemies when peaceful methods are not possible.
The first one is probably my most deadly technique that does not involve bloodbending. It involves encasing an opponent in a bubble and attacking. Brace yourself, Kai Serenes II.”
Before I could react (and I knew this was coming anyway) my mother had formed a huge bubble of water around me. I struggled to get out of it—or even to breathe, but my mother knew what she was doing. I trusted her too, so I knew I would be alright in the end. In the meantime, Kai began bending the bubble, throwing it all over the place like a ball, just by moving her hands. She finally broke it back on the ground, where I lay motionless on the ground, sopping wet.
“Are you okay, Kai?” she asked, walking calmly towards me,
“Aye,” I replied, “I’m a little beaten, but such is to be expected, right?”
“Actually,” my mother replied “unconsciousness was to be expected. You have the blood of a true Serenes—you didn’t get knocked out.”
Again, she was healing me, and I had expected that.
“Now,” Kai I, my mother, continued, “First, you must try to form the bubble as swiftly as possible from the water around us. Try it.”
I made a few small, swift movements with my hands, but Kai said I was too slow for some reason.
“Unlike most waterbenders think,” she said, “using your feet for bending is absolutely necessary. Although for some types of bending wearing shoes makes little or no difference, the best types of bending come from people who fight with bare feet. Watch my movement.”
My mother did the same type of movement I did with my hands. However, I also looked down and noticed that her feet had moved slightly. Her bubble had formed twice as fast as mine had—which said something, for mine had formed in slightly less than a second.
“Try the foot movement first,” my mother suggested, and every time I did, part of a bubble would form before disappearing. I put the two movements together and began forming bubbles in front of Kai. I decided to test my mother’s reflex and made one around her. She was fast, but I was faster. I had trapped her, but immediately released her.
“Perfect,” my mother said, “and now I can show you my 2nd move. This one was the one I showed you that will normally knock someone out. It’s very effective. Just kick your foot up as high as you possibly can with a mass of water at the end.”
I kicked my foot up, and a ball of water followed it.
“Aim it at someone like I did, and it’ll stick, like this.” She continued, and did her movement again. Her ball of water hit my in my upper chest and lower chin area, and it pulled me up with it.
“From here,” she said, you propel yourself up with your own water.”
She let me fall back down, and this time I practiced propelling myself until I reached the exact height of the ice column my mother had created to help me find my desired height.
“Now,” she said, “put those moves together.”
It did not take me many tries before my mother said I had mastered that move as well.
“And now we move onto my 3rd move.” She said, “This one’s a little tricky, but can be done with ease by a waterbending master such as you. Remember the water whip move I told you about? Well, you’re going to need it here again.”
“Okay,” I replied, and I conjured up two water whips and began spinning them rapidly at my sides like my mother had taught me to do when I was not using them.
“You’re also going to need a slick approach,” my mother continued, “So what you do is you bend some water with your feet and freeze it. It will make you slide a few feet towards your foe, which is necessary for them to be in range of this attack. Try that part first.”
I froze water onto the soles of my feet with ease. I had lurched forward when I did this, and got the slide my mother said was desired.
“Now,” she said, “when you slide, get those water whips and combine them like this. Also, taking the water from your feet if you’re fast enough will only enhance your attack.”
My mother showed me what she meant, and continued.
“After you combine them, spin them so it looks like they form a circular shield in front of you. If done with enough water, it will actually work as a shield too. Try it.”
I did as I was told, and my mother began launching volleys at it. They were unable to penetrate my shield.
“It also works as an attack,” she said, referring to the spinning whips, “so if you ever have to use it, be sure to do so.”
My mother smiled at me and then embraced me.
“I love you, Kai,” she said, “and I hope you understand why I attack you.”
“Of course I do,” I replied, “you are teaching me—and in a very effective manner I must note. I love you too, mother, and I am not going to view you any differently just because you attacked me to teach me. It is a logical approach that should be used more often.”
“Thank you, Kai,” my mother replied, “I should have asked you if you were okay with it before we started though, just to make sure.”
“Kai Serenes I,” I said, “you’re my mother. You can do whatever you want, for you are the parent and I’m the child. It is how the world works.”
“I know,” my mother replied, “but a parent should not do something to a child without the child’s approval... especially something like what I was doing. I feel guilty.”
“It’s okay, mother,” I said, “Now can you show me the 4th move... please?”
I smiled at her, and she smiled back and ran her fingers through my hair. My hair was relatively short and done up in a bun like my mothers, but I still enjoyed that feeling of her fingers in my hair.
“Now,” said my mother again, “the 4th move—this one is quite amusing. I always enjoyed this from when I was a young child. It is very simple to pull off, yet it is probably the most effective of the four moves I have shown you.”
My mother suddenly surrounded herself with ice columns. She then spun around, and swift currents of water and ice surrounded her. She spun around for a few seconds, shattering all of the ice columns she came intact with. This move was like a miniature whirlpool with much more power in proportion to its size. I smiled.
“That looks easy,” I said,
“it is,” my mother replied, “try it.”
My mother bended a few more ice columns for me to attack, and I did that move. I spun around much faster than was normal, but that was because bending was aiding me. I had succeeded in learning my mother’s four moves. I had mastered waterbending from Kai Serenes I.
“Congratulations,” my mother said, “you’re now a full-fledged waterbending master. After all, anyone who can learn these things in a few hours is obviously a master.”
I smiled. I was a waterbending master. That thought sort of made me feel... powerful. And yet serene I would remain. I woke up and remembered this dream, and how real it had been. I now looked forward to learning earthbending which was the next element on my avatar element cycle. I was expecting more unique ways...
~Kai~
This is a flashback to part 2 of Kai II's waterbending training.
RELEVANT MEMORIES (II)
I knew that my mother might have wanted to kill me during our spar, but I knew it would not be permanent, even if she did. She had done it before, but she always revived me immediately. I was knocked unconscious after her final plunge, but I got hp and quickly healed myself. My process was painful for a split-second, but after that, I was as good as new.
“Good job,” my mother said, “you have mastered the Kai Serenes self-healing technique.” She stopped our little spar and began massaging my shoulders again. This made me feel even better than I did before her attack. “Of course, after I tell you a few things, we are going to continue. I need to instruct you on the four special moves that I tend to use against enemies when peaceful methods are not possible.
The first one is probably my most deadly technique that does not involve bloodbending. It involves encasing an opponent in a bubble and attacking. Brace yourself, Kai Serenes II.”
Before I could react (and I knew this was coming anyway) my mother had formed a huge bubble of water around me. I struggled to get out of it—or even to breathe, but my mother knew what she was doing. I trusted her too, so I knew I would be alright in the end. In the meantime, Kai began bending the bubble, throwing it all over the place like a ball, just by moving her hands. She finally broke it back on the ground, where I lay motionless on the ground, sopping wet.
“Are you okay, Kai?” she asked, walking calmly towards me,
“Aye,” I replied, “I’m a little beaten, but such is to be expected, right?”
“Actually,” my mother replied “unconsciousness was to be expected. You have the blood of a true Serenes—you didn’t get knocked out.”
Again, she was healing me, and I had expected that.
“Now,” Kai I, my mother, continued, “First, you must try to form the bubble as swiftly as possible from the water around us. Try it.”
I made a few small, swift movements with my hands, but Kai said I was too slow for some reason.
“Unlike most waterbenders think,” she said, “using your feet for bending is absolutely necessary. Although for some types of bending wearing shoes makes little or no difference, the best types of bending come from people who fight with bare feet. Watch my movement.”
My mother did the same type of movement I did with my hands. However, I also looked down and noticed that her feet had moved slightly. Her bubble had formed twice as fast as mine had—which said something, for mine had formed in slightly less than a second.
“Try the foot movement first,” my mother suggested, and every time I did, part of a bubble would form before disappearing. I put the two movements together and began forming bubbles in front of Kai. I decided to test my mother’s reflex and made one around her. She was fast, but I was faster. I had trapped her, but immediately released her.
“Perfect,” my mother said, “and now I can show you my 2nd move. This one was the one I showed you that will normally knock someone out. It’s very effective. Just kick your foot up as high as you possibly can with a mass of water at the end.”
I kicked my foot up, and a ball of water followed it.
“Aim it at someone like I did, and it’ll stick, like this.” She continued, and did her movement again. Her ball of water hit my in my upper chest and lower chin area, and it pulled me up with it.
“From here,” she said, you propel yourself up with your own water.”
She let me fall back down, and this time I practiced propelling myself until I reached the exact height of the ice column my mother had created to help me find my desired height.
“Now,” she said, “put those moves together.”
It did not take me many tries before my mother said I had mastered that move as well.
“And now we move onto my 3rd move.” She said, “This one’s a little tricky, but can be done with ease by a waterbending master such as you. Remember the water whip move I told you about? Well, you’re going to need it here again.”
“Okay,” I replied, and I conjured up two water whips and began spinning them rapidly at my sides like my mother had taught me to do when I was not using them.
“You’re also going to need a slick approach,” my mother continued, “So what you do is you bend some water with your feet and freeze it. It will make you slide a few feet towards your foe, which is necessary for them to be in range of this attack. Try that part first.”
I froze water onto the soles of my feet with ease. I had lurched forward when I did this, and got the slide my mother said was desired.
“Now,” she said, “when you slide, get those water whips and combine them like this. Also, taking the water from your feet if you’re fast enough will only enhance your attack.”
My mother showed me what she meant, and continued.
“After you combine them, spin them so it looks like they form a circular shield in front of you. If done with enough water, it will actually work as a shield too. Try it.”
I did as I was told, and my mother began launching volleys at it. They were unable to penetrate my shield.
“It also works as an attack,” she said, referring to the spinning whips, “so if you ever have to use it, be sure to do so.”
My mother smiled at me and then embraced me.
“I love you, Kai,” she said, “and I hope you understand why I attack you.”
“Of course I do,” I replied, “you are teaching me—and in a very effective manner I must note. I love you too, mother, and I am not going to view you any differently just because you attacked me to teach me. It is a logical approach that should be used more often.”
“Thank you, Kai,” my mother replied, “I should have asked you if you were okay with it before we started though, just to make sure.”
“Kai Serenes I,” I said, “you’re my mother. You can do whatever you want, for you are the parent and I’m the child. It is how the world works.”
“I know,” my mother replied, “but a parent should not do something to a child without the child’s approval... especially something like what I was doing. I feel guilty.”
“It’s okay, mother,” I said, “Now can you show me the 4th move... please?”
I smiled at her, and she smiled back and ran her fingers through my hair. My hair was relatively short and done up in a bun like my mothers, but I still enjoyed that feeling of her fingers in my hair.
“Now,” said my mother again, “the 4th move—this one is quite amusing. I always enjoyed this from when I was a young child. It is very simple to pull off, yet it is probably the most effective of the four moves I have shown you.”
My mother suddenly surrounded herself with ice columns. She then spun around, and swift currents of water and ice surrounded her. She spun around for a few seconds, shattering all of the ice columns she came intact with. This move was like a miniature whirlpool with much more power in proportion to its size. I smiled.
“That looks easy,” I said,
“it is,” my mother replied, “try it.”
My mother bended a few more ice columns for me to attack, and I did that move. I spun around much faster than was normal, but that was because bending was aiding me. I had succeeded in learning my mother’s four moves. I had mastered waterbending from Kai Serenes I.
“Congratulations,” my mother said, “you’re now a full-fledged waterbending master. After all, anyone who can learn these things in a few hours is obviously a master.”
I smiled. I was a waterbending master. That thought sort of made me feel... powerful. And yet serene I would remain. I woke up and remembered this dream, and how real it had been. I now looked forward to learning earthbending which was the next element on my avatar element cycle. I was expecting more unique ways...
~Kai~
