Post by Teяa253 on Jul 17, 2008 7:43:40 GMT 1
the 28th installment of my series. this was the last chapter that I could not think of how it played out. from here on out, I know the story like the back of my hand.
THE AIRBENDING SISTER (II)
My airbending training with Ty Lee continued. She was very patient with me through my struggles and errors, something I made many of during my lessons of bending with any of my teachers. I may have been a very powerful avatar, but I was not some perfect godly figure. I had my flaws just like any other normal person. The only thing that set me apart as “not normal” was the fact that I was the avatar. It wasn’t something that I had not personally wanted to be, but, like all avatars before me, I did not really have any choice in the matter, so I made the best with what I had. I mean, sure a lot of people fantasize about how cool it would be to be the avatar, but in all reality, it is not too much different from just being a normal bender. I mean, you control all 4 elements and have a lot of spirit intervention, but that’s beside the point. Avatar or not, I was content with my life, always aspiring to improve and to make my mother and my teachers proud.
“Okay,” said Ty Lee, “now for the 2nd of the 4 moves; this one is very basic, but has some amusing after effects. It’s basically a super jump, but if there’s anyone surrounding you when you do it, you’ll blast them backwards. Watch out.”
Ty Lee got right in front of me, and the next moment, I was on my back about 5 feet away, and she was about 15 feet in the air, landing gently.
“That is the effect of the move,” she said, “are you okay?”
“Aye,” I replied, “and thank you for demonstrating on me rather than my mother. She’s getting old, and she’s completely exhausted. I can see it in her face.” Of course, this all had not happened on the same day. This was day 13, and the moment with my mother and Ty Lee attacking her (only to demonstrate her point) had been days 1 and 4.
“So,” I asked, “how do you do the move?”
“Well,” said Ty Lee, “contrary to what it looks like, you use your feet to bend the air around you. You concentrate all your power into your feet, and then blast air from them. This will propel you into the air and blast people about 5 or 6 feet backwards. It’s a great move to use if you get surrounded in close quarters.”
I began concentrating energy into my feet so I could blast myself off. Ty Lee, who was in front of me, suddenly darted behind me in an airbender-like fashion and made a comment.
“You need to be a little quicker, okay?” she said, “I mean, your enemies are not gonna wait for you to gather energy, now, are they?”
“No,” I said, turning slightly pink; luckily my dark skin hid it rather well, “you’re right; they probably won’t.”
“Yeah,” Ty Lee replied, “so, just try a little harder. I’m not mad or anything. Take your time to try and do it quickly.”
I did as I was told and after a few tries finally got it.
“Are you ready to test the move?” Ty Lee asked, coming towards me,
“Aye,” I replied, “at your ready.”
Ty Lee came at me, and right as she did I shot myself into the air, and looked down. Ty Lee had been knocked onto her back. However, one thing she had forgotten to tell me was how she landed so gracefully, so I landed painfully on my ankles, and I buckled.
“Kai,” Ty Lee exclaimed, “are you alright?”
I did not answer. I was hurting.
“Kai Serenes II,” Ty Lee gasped, “don’t tell me you’re hurt.”
“I am,” I replied, “I think I injured my ankle. Let me see if I can put it back together. I’ll probably need my mother’s help for something like that.”
“I’m sorry,” said Ty Lee; she looked almost about to cry, “I forgot to tell you how to land. All you have to do is continue blowing air downwards, and your fall will slow, and you won’t get hurt.”
“Oh,” I exclaimed, massaging my left foot. My ankle was getting better because of my healing abilities, “if that was it, then I kind of feel stupid for not realizing it was virtually the same thing.”
“Well still,” said Ty Lee, “it was my fault for not saying that simple phrase. So, are you alright?”
“I think so,” I replied, “I mean, the pain is gone.”
“Good,” said Ty Lee, “let’s keep practicing that move then. I mean, now you know how to land it too, so yeah,”
We continued practicing this one for a few days as well, until Ty Lee decided I was ready for the 3rd move.
“This move seems a little evil,” said Ty Lee, “but, like your other 3 teachers, I coined the airbending moves you are learning. After all, I’m not sure how airbending originally was done, since I had no one to learn from. That aside, here are the basics of the 3rd move. What you do is you suck in the air towards you by moving your hands and feet in the proper manner (you remember how I taught you that, right). Once your target is in reach, just blast them away, like this.”
Ty Lee demonstrated on a dummy this time, which was very good, for my mother had been sleeping for almost the entire day, getting up only occasionally to eat something. I had to tell her to do this even, for one of mine and her biggest problems was that, although we cared deeply for others, we tended to neglect ourselves. Ty Lee sucked her target in for a split-second, and then blasted it several feet away.
“These are obviously combat moves, Kai,” Ty Lee advised, “remember that not all bending is this harmful.”
“I know,” I replied, “I’m still willing to learn that move”
Therefore, we practiced that move. The method of “sucking” was something swift and powerful, so it took me a while before my airbending had enough force to drag Ty Lee towards me, but by the ending of the 4th week, I had done it. Ty Lee was very pleased.
“Well Kai,” she said, “you’re almost a full-fledged airbending master. There are just a few more things I need to teach you, one of them being the 4th and final of my Four Moves. This one is a bit easier than the last one—it just takes a bit of effort and a strong willed mind that won’t get dizzy too quickly.”
“What do you mean?” I asked curiously,
“I mean,” said Ty Lee, “you’re gonna be making your own tornado. What I mean by that is that you’re gonna BE the tornado.”
“Oh, wow,” I exclaimed, “that sounds exciting.”
“But,” said Ty Lee, “in order to do this, I must first see how sensitive to dizziness you are, and we must learn to overcome that.”
I felt sort of awkward at what I was doing now. Ty Lee was making me spin around and around, and she was making me do it faster and faster. I got so dizzy that I could barely stand up, so naturally, the minute I tried taking a step, I fell over.
“This is why I am teaching you this,” said Ty Lee, “that’s the basic concept of the move.”
Ty Lee continued training me, and I noticed that I was getting less and less dizzy after the high speed spinning. Of course, I was developing a severe headache, but that had to be overlooked. Ty Lee finally decided it was time for her to teach me the move.
“Now,” she said, “all you have to do is airbend with your hands and feet and you’ll be okay.”
I did as I was told, and I mastered the move after all that preparation.
“Well,” said Ty Lee, “you’re done. All there is left to do now is go for a glide.” She handed me a glider and she took off. She had never taught me how to do that, but before this, she had once told me: “if I ever tell you to do something without giving instructions that means you already know the techniques.”
I jumped off and followed her, and felt blissfully free. I loved flying, so I intended to keep this glider for later use as well. We spent the rest of the day flying around. I had finally mastered all four elements. I was so amazed. I was finally a full-fledged avatar, ready to take on Clazdian.
~Kai~
THE AIRBENDING SISTER (II)
My airbending training with Ty Lee continued. She was very patient with me through my struggles and errors, something I made many of during my lessons of bending with any of my teachers. I may have been a very powerful avatar, but I was not some perfect godly figure. I had my flaws just like any other normal person. The only thing that set me apart as “not normal” was the fact that I was the avatar. It wasn’t something that I had not personally wanted to be, but, like all avatars before me, I did not really have any choice in the matter, so I made the best with what I had. I mean, sure a lot of people fantasize about how cool it would be to be the avatar, but in all reality, it is not too much different from just being a normal bender. I mean, you control all 4 elements and have a lot of spirit intervention, but that’s beside the point. Avatar or not, I was content with my life, always aspiring to improve and to make my mother and my teachers proud.
“Okay,” said Ty Lee, “now for the 2nd of the 4 moves; this one is very basic, but has some amusing after effects. It’s basically a super jump, but if there’s anyone surrounding you when you do it, you’ll blast them backwards. Watch out.”
Ty Lee got right in front of me, and the next moment, I was on my back about 5 feet away, and she was about 15 feet in the air, landing gently.
“That is the effect of the move,” she said, “are you okay?”
“Aye,” I replied, “and thank you for demonstrating on me rather than my mother. She’s getting old, and she’s completely exhausted. I can see it in her face.” Of course, this all had not happened on the same day. This was day 13, and the moment with my mother and Ty Lee attacking her (only to demonstrate her point) had been days 1 and 4.
“So,” I asked, “how do you do the move?”
“Well,” said Ty Lee, “contrary to what it looks like, you use your feet to bend the air around you. You concentrate all your power into your feet, and then blast air from them. This will propel you into the air and blast people about 5 or 6 feet backwards. It’s a great move to use if you get surrounded in close quarters.”
I began concentrating energy into my feet so I could blast myself off. Ty Lee, who was in front of me, suddenly darted behind me in an airbender-like fashion and made a comment.
“You need to be a little quicker, okay?” she said, “I mean, your enemies are not gonna wait for you to gather energy, now, are they?”
“No,” I said, turning slightly pink; luckily my dark skin hid it rather well, “you’re right; they probably won’t.”
“Yeah,” Ty Lee replied, “so, just try a little harder. I’m not mad or anything. Take your time to try and do it quickly.”
I did as I was told and after a few tries finally got it.
“Are you ready to test the move?” Ty Lee asked, coming towards me,
“Aye,” I replied, “at your ready.”
Ty Lee came at me, and right as she did I shot myself into the air, and looked down. Ty Lee had been knocked onto her back. However, one thing she had forgotten to tell me was how she landed so gracefully, so I landed painfully on my ankles, and I buckled.
“Kai,” Ty Lee exclaimed, “are you alright?”
I did not answer. I was hurting.
“Kai Serenes II,” Ty Lee gasped, “don’t tell me you’re hurt.”
“I am,” I replied, “I think I injured my ankle. Let me see if I can put it back together. I’ll probably need my mother’s help for something like that.”
“I’m sorry,” said Ty Lee; she looked almost about to cry, “I forgot to tell you how to land. All you have to do is continue blowing air downwards, and your fall will slow, and you won’t get hurt.”
“Oh,” I exclaimed, massaging my left foot. My ankle was getting better because of my healing abilities, “if that was it, then I kind of feel stupid for not realizing it was virtually the same thing.”
“Well still,” said Ty Lee, “it was my fault for not saying that simple phrase. So, are you alright?”
“I think so,” I replied, “I mean, the pain is gone.”
“Good,” said Ty Lee, “let’s keep practicing that move then. I mean, now you know how to land it too, so yeah,”
We continued practicing this one for a few days as well, until Ty Lee decided I was ready for the 3rd move.
“This move seems a little evil,” said Ty Lee, “but, like your other 3 teachers, I coined the airbending moves you are learning. After all, I’m not sure how airbending originally was done, since I had no one to learn from. That aside, here are the basics of the 3rd move. What you do is you suck in the air towards you by moving your hands and feet in the proper manner (you remember how I taught you that, right). Once your target is in reach, just blast them away, like this.”
Ty Lee demonstrated on a dummy this time, which was very good, for my mother had been sleeping for almost the entire day, getting up only occasionally to eat something. I had to tell her to do this even, for one of mine and her biggest problems was that, although we cared deeply for others, we tended to neglect ourselves. Ty Lee sucked her target in for a split-second, and then blasted it several feet away.
“These are obviously combat moves, Kai,” Ty Lee advised, “remember that not all bending is this harmful.”
“I know,” I replied, “I’m still willing to learn that move”
Therefore, we practiced that move. The method of “sucking” was something swift and powerful, so it took me a while before my airbending had enough force to drag Ty Lee towards me, but by the ending of the 4th week, I had done it. Ty Lee was very pleased.
“Well Kai,” she said, “you’re almost a full-fledged airbending master. There are just a few more things I need to teach you, one of them being the 4th and final of my Four Moves. This one is a bit easier than the last one—it just takes a bit of effort and a strong willed mind that won’t get dizzy too quickly.”
“What do you mean?” I asked curiously,
“I mean,” said Ty Lee, “you’re gonna be making your own tornado. What I mean by that is that you’re gonna BE the tornado.”
“Oh, wow,” I exclaimed, “that sounds exciting.”
“But,” said Ty Lee, “in order to do this, I must first see how sensitive to dizziness you are, and we must learn to overcome that.”
I felt sort of awkward at what I was doing now. Ty Lee was making me spin around and around, and she was making me do it faster and faster. I got so dizzy that I could barely stand up, so naturally, the minute I tried taking a step, I fell over.
“This is why I am teaching you this,” said Ty Lee, “that’s the basic concept of the move.”
Ty Lee continued training me, and I noticed that I was getting less and less dizzy after the high speed spinning. Of course, I was developing a severe headache, but that had to be overlooked. Ty Lee finally decided it was time for her to teach me the move.
“Now,” she said, “all you have to do is airbend with your hands and feet and you’ll be okay.”
I did as I was told, and I mastered the move after all that preparation.
“Well,” said Ty Lee, “you’re done. All there is left to do now is go for a glide.” She handed me a glider and she took off. She had never taught me how to do that, but before this, she had once told me: “if I ever tell you to do something without giving instructions that means you already know the techniques.”
I jumped off and followed her, and felt blissfully free. I loved flying, so I intended to keep this glider for later use as well. We spent the rest of the day flying around. I had finally mastered all four elements. I was so amazed. I was finally a full-fledged avatar, ready to take on Clazdian.
~Kai~
