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Kai Lan's POV
My heart was hammering. The only thing I could hear was gushing water and the sound of my own breath. I desperately tried to hurry even though my arms ached. I was bending as much water as I could, as fast as I could towards my opponent, and dodging the blasts when she sent it hurling back. I blinked my eyes trying to see through the mist. If only I could get closer, it would save me more time. But that would take my attention away from bending, and that was not an option. So all while bending, I leaned forward on my tippy toes. Just a bit more. If only-
"Hey Kai Lan," said a voice behind me as I felt a hand on my back. I screamed and completely lost my balance falling forward, taking the girl behind me with me. We both fell on the flooded ground, and all the water I had been bending came crashing down on us. Needless to say, we were soaked. I looked up and saw the girl was Rin, my best friend. With her looking like a drowned puppy, I started laughing uncontrollably. She was laughing too. And soon we were giggle-splashing in the water unable to get up.
"Alright you two." said my mom (my opponent) looking down on us, her expression amused. Rin finally sobered a little bit.
"I'm sorry," she giggled," I should know better than to interrupt you while you're practicing."
"It's alright." I said getting up.
"Look at you two," my mom tsked, "Alright, come inside, Aang can dry you off." I mentally cringed. It was one thing to get me and my friend soaked, but it was another to have my Avatar dad dry us off. Embarrassing!
"Um, you know what mom, it's sunny out, we'll dry fast," I quickly said as I looked back towards Rin. She nodded in agreement.
"Fine. I better go sit down," said my mom, putting a hand on her pregnant belly. I remembered how I had blushed when my mother told me she was pregnant. When I had asked why they decided to have a baby, my parents would just smile and say everybody else had a sibling, it's time for me to get one. But I thought they were really hoping for it to be an airbender. I had always thought they were secretly disappointed in me for not being one. I mean, it was like I single handedly decreased the chances of their being airbenders in the world again.
Right now I and my parents were staying at the fire palace. Usually my mom and dad traveled a lot since; my dad had Avatar duties to attend to. I got tired of travelling so much, so when they had to go away I would simply stay at the fire palace. My parents were visiting now and would leave in about a week. I didn't really have time to miss them, the longest they were gone would be a month
Rin nudged me. "Look, here they come," she said. Walking towards us was her twin brother Lu Ten and my cousin Jian. We were all friends and we hung out together. I looked towards Lu Ten and instantly blushed. What was wrong with me? We'd been friends for years, so why was I feeling so different these last couple of weeks. Friends, nothing more. Right?
"Woah,"said Lu Ten as he caught sight of the soaked us, "Did you guys get in a fight with the hose of something?" He laughed. I looked away, great now I was a hose.
"Of course we didn't," said Rin with a mischievous smile, "Kai Lan was just showing me how powerful her bending is."
"Rin!" I protested blushing again. Lu Ten was looking at me weirdly.
She shushed me a wave of her hand. "And she might just decide to do it to you two too, if you don't start running." They backed up instantly.
"No, don't get me splashed, I have training to do," said Jian laughing while walking backwards.
"Fine." Rin said, but her eyes lit up again. "Training you say? Then lets train now Lu Ten!" she laughed and shot a burst of fire past Lu Ten's shoulder.
"What? No not again Rin!" he said running away but she was already chasing after him. Lu Ten ran quickly, dodging her bursts of fire, and stopping every once in a while to send a few back. They were both laughing. My Uncle Zuko came out of the palace and saw them running around. He sighed.
"Okay, okay enough. Save some of it for practice you two," he said. I laughed at the weary expression on his face. He and Mai had long given up on them doing that. And with that the three headed off to firebending practice. I shook my head. They will never grow up.
"Come on," I said with a grin to Jian, "Let's go."
