Zuko: wow 2 chapters within 12 hours go you!
Me: smiles why thank you Zuko!
Zuko: hey keep it down will yea. I don't want everyone thinkin' I'm nice now!
Me: hmpf! I think I'm gunna tell the whole world now!
Zuko: WHAT!
Me: ZUKO'S NICE! ZUKO'S NICE! Shall I go on?
Zuko: NO YOU SHALL NOT!
Me: just playin' with ya zuie
Zuko: just get on with the chapter already!
Me: Ok then, here's the chapter!
XFire Lord Zuko looked up from his training to find a shadow in his peripheral vision. He smiled. This wasn't the first time that she had watched him train from the shadows with those calculating eyes. She caught every detail of his stance and movements, down to exactly what he was wearing. At her age he was only half the firebender that she was. While he was her main teacher, Aang, Katara, Haru had all taught her their homeland fighting styles. This made her a tough beat just because she would switch her styles so often and was quite unpredictable.
"You can come out now Tara," he called to the shadow, "I know you're there."
Both angry at herself for being caught yet again and exited to be able to show her father what she had learned, Tara stepped out of the shadows. "So what will it be this time father?" she asked smiling as started walking towards him, "Cleaning the training area? Meditating for four hours straight, or my personal favorite, getting the crap beat out of me in a fight with you?"
"Hm," he paused with a small smirk, "they all sound like so much fun, but I think I'll go with getting the crap beat out of you by me. And who knows you might actually win this time!" He let out a hearty laugh. This was one of he favorite pass times with his daughter.
She stopped advancing and did two summersaults towards him. She landed in the crouch position, punching the ground, making a wave of fire going away from her in all directions. Zuko raised an eyebrow as she stood up smirking.
"Well now, don't get cocky," he warned her as they went to stand on opposite sides on the fighting circle.
"Oh don't worry," was all she said before launching her first attack. It was a side step, spin, and kick to the ribs that he easily blocked by grabbing her foot in the air. Growling she pulled her leg away but lost her balance. He took this opportunity to use an upward trusting kick, hitting her square in the stomach and knocking all the wind out of her lungs. She fell on her back hard, but was only down for a few seconds before she had to roll away from one of his fireballs. Rolling and getting to her feet she noticed a few barrels of water that were used when trainees got tired. Smirking she called on the water and didn't know how, but for some reason it came to her in a massive ball. To help it along she asked the wind to help push it toward her father. I will not lose again. Was all she could think about.
While Tara was 'bending' the water and air to her will, Zuko could only stare at his daughter. How the hell is she doing that! This doesn't make any sense! Before he could ask her a question a pillar of rock shot out from underneath him sending him into the air. Only seconds later the mass of air and water slammed him into the ground with such force he couldn't breathe.
What have I done! Tara thought as she ran over to her father. Zuko was staring up to the sky with a facial expression of both shock and fear. She both ran and slid and ended up on her knees at her father's side. He looked over at his daughter and quickly leapt away landing with one knee on the ground. The look on his face was too much for Tara to bare. She just sat there staring up at her father, tears running down her face, thinking that he was mad at her for pushing things too far.
Suddenly her father turned on his heel walking away, yelling 'Aang!' He got four yards away from the archway leading away from the training courts before Aang came running up looking worried.
"What?" Aang asked clearly out of breath, "What's wrong?"
"What the hell is wrong with my daughter?" Zuko screamed. Aang looked past the fire lord to see that Tara's tears were coming down harder.
"Well, it looks to me like she could use a tissue," Aang said, knowing that the fire lord would not like his smart remark. Hey, just 'cause he married Katara doesn't mean I have to like him!
Zuko growled and grabbed the avatar's clothes, slamming him into a wall. He then hissed into Aang's ear, "She can bend all the elements, that's what's wrong!"
X
Dun-dun-dun!
Me: who knew he would get so-so mad?
Iroh: ha! You haven't seen the half of it!
Me: oh yeah I forgot you lived with them for a while! What was it like?
Iroh: oh don't get me started! He farts in his sleep, he can't have anyone around him when he's going to the bathroom in the mornings, and would blame me when he accidentally drank my tea! It's was torture!
Me: ha. Haha. Hahahaha!
Zuko: hey guys what's so funny?
Iroh and I look at each other 'Oh nothing'
Don't forget to R'n'R and I think that this will probably be the last one for the weekend, but I really don't know. Ttfn!
