A/N: Okay, no one has reviewed yet so please review! And this chapter will be a little more interesting. I promise there will be battles, romance, lots of adventure, and you will be interested. This story has been edited. Anyways, previously on The Second To Last Airbender, Yang Chen left Ba Sing Se and now she's headed to The Northern Air Temple. What happens there? We will find out right…now.
The Northern Air Temple didn't look so far from Ba Sing Se at first. It's up in the Earth Kingdom mountains. But it only looks easy on the map! I'm exhausted, Bam is exhausted, and if Etsu isn't exhausted as well, you can have sister! On second thought, you can take her anyway.
Bam suddenly went crazy. I lay my lazy eyes on something. I can't tell what it is. My lazy eyes become wide and shining with excitement when I realize what it is. The Northern Air Temple. I straiten my back and grab onto Etsu's reins tighter. "Ying Ying!" I say. Etsu's eyes pop open as well and she flies close enough to the temple so that I can see the…what?! Airbenders! On gliders! My heart fills to the brim with happiness…before it becomes replaced with sadness, annoyance even.
They weren't airbenders. You can tell by the way they move. I land there anyway. As I slide off Etsu, people stare at me, wide eyed. Then a young man in a wheelchair makes his way over to me. "Do I know you?" he asked me.
"That depends," I say, "Do you know my parents? Aang and Katara?" His eyes widen for less then a second before they relax in realization. "Oh! Now I see. My name is Teo." He says, bowing in greeting. I bow back. "Teo! You're who my cousin is named after, Teo Jr."
Teo opened his mouth to speak, but then I heard a voice behind me. "Dad!" the voice called. I turn around to see where the voice was coming from. There was a young man who looked around my age running towards us, looking at Teo. Then he got a glimpse of me and stopped dead.
"Yang Chen, this is my son, Kin. Kin, this is Yang Chen." I bowed respectfully to Kin. He stood there for a few seconds, before snapping out of his daze, returning the bow. He turned to his father. "Chang has gone missing again. Should I search for him?" "Yes," Teo began, "Why don't you take Yang Chen with you? It might be good for her to take a look around the temple." Kin looked at me. Then he made a hand motion for me to follow him. "Thank You, Kin." Teo called after us as we got indoors. "Yeah, thanks Kin." I say, smiling at him.
He faced me. "No one has made it to this temple since the year of Sozin's Comet and that was on a flying bison and the fire nation has it's ways. Now the fire nation meant harm I wasn't alive then but my parents were and I do not wish to see anyone who means harm to everyone here when I'm alive so I'll ask you this…" By now Kin was no close to me our noses were almost touching. "Who…are…you?!"
Now our noses were in contact until I took a step back. "I came here to see the history of my people!" I say innocently. "You're people?" Kin asked. I could tell his face was softening but was determined to keep it serious and angry. "My parent's names are Aang and Katara!" I say a little louder. I take a step closer and point to my necklace.
Now Kin's face softened completely. He looked at my necklace. We continued walking in silence. "Sorry I yelled at you," Kin said, "I thought you were a threat." "Well you made that obvious!" I said to him. He looked a bit ashamed. I then gave him a warm smile. "And apology accepted." He returned the smile. His smile was very sweet.
We talked for a while before he stopped dead and put an arm out in front of me. I stopped as well. "Kin, what…" I was going to ask what was the matter, but he put a finger to my lips to signal me to stop talking. I did. "Listen." he whispered so quietly I could barely hear him.
But I did listen. And I did hear something. I heard footsteps. Then I heard something fall. I heard someone scream in pain. "Stupid book! What was I doing with one anyway since they are so…" "…So stupid?" Kin finished for the boy. A young boy who looked around ten years old had just come into plain sight. He looked a bit like Kin. I knew immediately who the boy was. "Is that…" "My brother?" Kin finished. "No duh!" said Kin's brother. "Oh, come on Chang," Kin walked up to his brother. "Be nice to our guest." Kin helped Chang up. "Chang, this is Yang Chen. Yang Chen, this is my brother, Chang." "Hello, Chang." I greeted him.
Chang nodded. Then he walked out of the room. Kin and I looked at each other. "Sorry about my brother. He doesn't exactly have the manners you would see at a tea party." "No offense, but no kidding!" I replied.
Chang seemed to know the way back to Teo. Kin and I tried to catch up, but man Chang has fast legs. I finally created an airball and, using Dad's creation of the air scooter, rode it over to Chang. Chang stared at me. I stared straight ahead. Chang got so focused on me he ran into a pole.
BAM! Chang fell to the ground. Kin fell to the floor laughing. Chang glared at him. I giggled. Finally, Kin and I had caught up. When we found out way back to Teo, I saw a young woman standing there next to Teo. "Chang! Kin!" she called. We ran over to her. The young woman bowed to me.
"You must be Yang Chen. My name is Jing. I'm Teo's wife." I bowed back. "It's very nice to meet you, Jing." I said. Jing smiled and pulled back her as much as she could of her short, brown hair. Kin had her hair, Chang had her hazel eyes. Kin had Teo's brown eyes, Chang had Teo's black hair.
Kin told me I could stay as long as I wanted, I told him just three days was fine, that I wanted to see Zuko. "The Firelord?" he asked. "You know him?" "Sure," I replied, "He taught my father fire bending. He also saved my mother's life." "I see." Kin said. Silence. "So tell me, when I first got a glimpse of this place, I saw everyone on gliders?" "Oh yeah! My grandfather is an inventor. Decades ago, he created them so we could fly as well." "He sounds like he has a generous heart." I say. "He does. He always makes the right choices…not including that one mistake he made during the war. He served the fire nation." "Oh, my!" I said in shock.
"But my Dad has forgiven him, that was long ago." "That's good to hear." I say. "Now that I think about it, the day he stopped serving the fire nation was when your father opened his eyes." "Well, he is the Avatar. It's his job. I'm just glad no one here thinks I'm spoiled because of my Father's destiny." "Well, you've proven yourself your more than just the Avatar's daughter." Kin told me.
I blushed. Even though we had only known each other for not long, I knew Kin and I would get along swimmingly.
A/N: Okay! That was the second chapter of The Second To Last Airbender! Ironic, isn't it? I do not own Avatar, same goes to my first chapter. I have a little crush on Teo, so making Jing sound exactly like me just couldn't be helped. I promise there will be longer chapters and a battle in the next chapter. Thanks so much for taking interest in my story! This story has been edited. The third chapter will be out very soon. Next chapter: Yang Chen gets to The Firelord's palace, but will it be that easy to get past the guards?