I'M HERE WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER EVEN THO NOBDY'S READ THIS STORY YET. YAY. IF ANYONE READS THIS, I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.
Chapter 3: Getting Started
Kai's POV:
After that little fiasco, we walked into the kitchen; both of our faces were as red as lychee nuts.
"Hello Kai, hello Naioki. I see you two have been busy." Nai's mother greeted us, a playful smile on her face.
I bowed respectfully to her. "Thank you ma'am. Everything looks delicious." And I meant it. I didn't realize it, but my stomach was completely empty. Then my eyes saw something that made my stomach rumble even more.
"Is that egg custard…? In that tart?" Apparently my face must've been pretty pathetic, because Nai started laughing really hard.
"What! What did I say?" I was smiling too, but I felt kind of embarrassed.
"No! It's just… Your face!" She said between breaths.
"Nai! That is no way to treat the Avatar! Stop that foolishness now!" Nai's mother looked mad, so Nai stopped, and coughed. "I'm sorry Kai. Sorry mamma." And then she sat down.
After dinner, Nai said she wanted to start teaching me fire bending. I was reluctant to learn, so of course I followed her.
As we went down a walkway, I noticed the way that she looked. She had bright blonde hair, and a very different style of clothes. She wore a sleeveless, light brown shirt, and dark, almost black, blue pants. Her boots looked like they were used for combat. Nai had a very light skin color, which was almost perfect. Almost. The thing that ruined her perfectness was all of the scars. She had a long, white scar going down her forehead, through her left eye, and ended at her mid cheek. I shuddered to think of what had caused that.
Nai turned around, and I switched my gaze to her eyes. They were a fiery amber color, which was not uncommon for fire benders.
"Ready to get started?" She asked. There was enthusiasm in her voice.
"Let's do this." I said as I cracked my knuckles. If I could actually summon fire, that would be one challenge over with.
"We're going to go through basic fire bending stances first, alright?" She started getting into a stance.
I watched and mimicked her moves. First we put our hands together, and breathed in. She put one hand straight out in front of her, slightly turned, and the other, bent, almost touching her face. Her left foot was forward, and the other was back.
I did exactly what she did, and calmed my mind.
"Imagine your power coming out of your hand. Push all of your energy into that one punch." She said it so calmly.
I closed my eyes and punched forward, pushing all of my energy into that punch.
Puff
A small cloud of smoke escaped from my hand.
"What? Why didn't it work?" I got mad really easy. My temper was a lot like Avatar Korra's.
"Kai, you won't get it right away. It took me forever to learn how to use my bending." She was trying to calm me, but I just hated failure.
"Maybe we should just stop for tonight, and start again tomorrow?" She suggested.
"I won't be here tomorrow. I'm leaving first thing in the morning." I didn't mean to, but my voice was icy and mean.
"You're leaving?" She was hurt. "I thought you'd be staying for a while."
"No. I have to go to Republic City. Master Mako and Bolin will help me with earth and fire." At least, I hoped they would.
She ran back inside, and into her room.
"Aw geez. Nai!" I started towards her room, but thought better of it. I went out the front door and woke Bodni. He grunted but stood up. I rubbed his neck and looked over at Nai's Tigerdillo. I walked up to it.
"What's your name, buddy?" I asked, not expecting an answer.
It just turned its head and looked at me. I walked over and looked around for some sort of name tag or something, but there was none.
"His name is Dani." I turned and saw Nai leaning against the fence. She had Dani's saddle and reins in her arms. "I'm going with you."
