Ch2 Training

It had been a week since Toph had found the family of badger moles. She had pretty much forgotten her old family. Everyday she splashed around with the pups and had an apple and dug tunnels.'It was fun having someone to play with' she thought. Being an only child Toph never really interacted with other children. It didn't help that she was blind either. The badger moles were in the same boat as her though, they were blind. They had to rely on there other senses just as much as she had. That's why they learned how to earth bend. How to feel where there surroundings were. Toph was beginning to do the same.

Progressively she was moving more and more earth, just like the badge moles. And eventually was making her own tunnels. She didn't have the stance or the fighting style like most earth benders. She just moved the earth, it's not like the badger moles could teach her to fight. Toph felt the earth shake one day, like something was digging into the surface. The badger moles felt it too, Toph along with the badger moles started tunneling away from there den. Toph could not keep up with the quickly shuffling badger moles. The earth caved in between Toph and the badger moles. Toph was alone, just like she was when she had entered. Only she wasn't like she was when she entered. She could earth bend.

Toph cleared a way up to the surface and rose the earth beneath her feet. Fire nation drills were everywhere. Toph ran away as fast as she could, narrowly dodging the trees she sensed. She eventually sensed a house. Toph ran up to the door and knocked as hard as she could. The door slowly opened to reveal a man in his late thirties."Oh hello there child" he said confused to why a little girl was at his door."Please help, the fire people messed up my home" Toph pleaded pointing to the drills in the distance."Follow me" said the mam with a stern face as he started walking toward the drills. Toph did as he instructed and followed. The man rolled up his sleeves."People call me Master Runo, but you can call me Runo. What's your name" he said in a compassionate tone as he looked down at Toph."Toph" she stammered tears running down her face. As the two reached the drills they stopped drilling. Two fire bender soldiers jumped out of the first machine."Stay back" Runo told Toph as he walked up to the soldiers.

"You don't belong here old man" said the soldier with the commanders helmet."Yeah, and neither does that girl" said the other one pointing at Toph."If I don't belong here" Runo said quietly,"then make me leave!" He roared while lifting a rock out of the ground and sending it flying toward the commander. This caught the fire bender of guard and he was hit back into his drill. Steam smoked out of the drill and it exploded, making the other drills back up. The second soldier flung three shots of fire at Runo. The earth bending master jumped to the right dodging them. Toph was scared and ran behind a tree, shivering she knew she had to do something. As Runo and the fire bending co commander dueled Toph jumped on a rock and pushed her hand forward, earth came up underneath a row of fire nation drills and blasted them a few miles away. The co commander saw this and shot a lightning bolt at Toph. Earth blocked the lightning as Runo lifted his hand up."Retreat" the co commander screamed. She didn't have time to fight a few earth benders. The drills all turned around and left. Runo turned to look at Toph."Your pretty good kid" Runo said surprised."How would you like to learn from a master" he finished