Avatar: Legend of Ningen

Book 1: Fire

Chapter 3

''My apartment is in this building, follow me upstairs. There you'll eat and relax. Only if you want to, you can return to your homes.'' says Jukuren

''Thank you Master'' Ningen and Taidana both reply

''You can quit calling me 'Master' now. Call me Jukuren.''

''Okay… Jukuren …'' says Taidana uncomfortably as he follows him and Sumato with Ningen next to him.

They are finally there. The apartment isn't very big, but it's still more than enough for two. It's got decorations, of course. The most attractive things were the Earth bending Master posters. Seems like Jukuren is a fanboy.

''So, how do you like it?'' Jukuren asks Ningen and Taidana,

''Well, uh, it's good, but the building is big, are there more apartments here? If there are, are the apartments all yours?''

''There are, but there aren't any owners.''

''Oh, okay.'' Ningen replies

''Isn't this too big for only 2?'' Taidana says shamelessly

''Taidana!'' Ningen shouts at him angrily

''What? It's just a question.''

Ningen looked like he was about to beat Taidana up, but he held himself patiently.

''Don't worry, I'm not offended or anything'' Jukuren joked,

''I know it isn't a big difference, but my other daughter also lives here, though she is a guard of one of the cities here in the Earth Kingdom, also, she is an earth bender.''

''Wow, you've got another daughter?''

''Yes, she is a guard in the city Hakai. Some people say that is the most dangerous city. I always worry. She is a great metal bender and an earth bending master but she is also my daughter, I want to protect her.''

''I'm not gonna disagree that you want to protect her, but if she is so good at earth bending and metal bending, you should be sure she can take care of herself.''

Jukuren just sighs.

''I've got a question, well, off this topic. Sumato, will you help me master fire bending?''

Sumato remembered that Ningen is the Avatar.

''Of course, do you want to start tomorrow? You may stay here, or even go home, though training is probably best during the afternoon.''

''No problem, but, this question is for both of you, Sumato and Master Jukuren? Is it surely okay if I and Taidana stay?''

Right at the moment Sumato was going to speak, Jukuren cut her off.

''I already told you, Seishin. There is absolutely no problem.''

The next morning…

Ningen slowly opening his eyes, he hears a loud voice. It's Jukuren. Ningen quickly gets up, gets dressed and slowly walks downstairs to see what is going on.

Right in the middle of the stairs, Ningen remembers he can also sense it with earth bending, but that didn't matter for him now.

''Nah, too late now.'' he thinks to himself

He continues walking down the stairs, the sounds and Jukuren's voice gets more tense but he can't understand what Jukuren is saying.

Ningen is at the end of the stairs. Right at the moment he is about to look around, he sees an earth block coming towards him, but fortunately, he senses it and blocks it.

''Sorry!''

Ningen looks up to see another man looking at him but also having a person in an earth bending offensive stance. In a second, he realizes he two people are sparring, he steps into the room to see Jukuren also standing out of the training area, looking at the other two.

''Jukuren, what is going on?'' Ningen asks uncomfortably, because he is used to calling him Master.

Jukuren looks up at him, he is way taller than him. Jukuren just sighs and shakes his head as he turns around again looking at the two.

''What do you mean what is going on? You can clearly see, they are sparring and I am watching. I already told you that others are going to become masters.''

''Oh'' says Ningen, embarrassed by the situation, scratching the back of his head.

Ningen turns around to see Taidana walking up to him.

''What's up Ningen, Jukuren. Wow, are those two sparring?''

Jukuren quickly looks up at Ningen with a smirk, and Ningen shots him a glare. Jukuren turns around and clears his throat.

''Yes, they are sparring, they are also about to become masters.''

''Oh, that's cool. Why don't we spar with them? I mean, we are masters after all, right Ningen?''

Even if Ningen was terrified before he found out what was going on, he is still bored. So without another choice, he agrees.

''Alright, Jukuren, what do you think?'' says Ningen

''Hmm… okay. Bura, Zazu, you may stop now, but you haven't exactly finished yet.''

Ningen and Taidana walk up to Jukuren, so they are visible to Bura and Zazu.

''You are going to spar with these two, they became masters yesterday. Seishin, you take Bura, Yujin, you take Zazu. Get to one of the bigger training squares.''

As all of the four take places and their earth bending stances, Jukuren speaks.

''Begin.''

Taidana and Zazu

Zazu starts off by raising three earth blocks, throwing them towards Taidana. Taidana though, easily avoiding them, creates an earth line which splits to two small ones, making Zazu lose a bit of his balance, though he doesn't fall that easily. Zazu stomps his foot to the ground, causing a small earthquake, slightly off the square Ningen and Bura are in.

Taidana also starts losing balance, but he saves it, after the earthquake is over, he gets earth gauntlets, first raises two earth blocks so Zazu is distracted, as Zazu blocks, he looks around, and in a second, he sees Taidana jumping at him with his gauntlets with his fist raised.

Zazu unable to react quickly, falls to the ground. Taidana thinks he is done, he is about to turn around but he stops and freezes as he sees himself sinking into the ground, he looks up to Zazu, watching his arms' motions and movements.

''Oh no you won't'' Taidana mutters to himself silently

Taidana manages to get his arm out, and raises a thick wall beneath him, causing him to avoid the sinking and jump high in the air. Taidana, before he lands, manages to regain balance, in the air, he raises an earth wall, sending it towards Zazu, who is staring at him, shocked by what he did. His eyes go wide as he sees the wall coming towards him, once again, not being able to react, he was knocked cold by the wall.

Taidana runs towards him, Jukuren just stands there.

''Leave him, he'll be alright.''

''Are you sure?''

''Yes.''

Ningen and Bura

Ningen starts with a weird way, a way to completely shock Bura. Ningen stood there and suddenly started falling behind, Bura thought he wasn't feeling okay, but when Ningen disappeared through the earth with his body sketched there, he just looked around with fear.

Suddenly, Ningen comes out of the earth behind Bura, sending him flying with three earth blocks aimed at his back. Bura falls, but then stands up after a few seconds. Again, unable to see and react quickly, he felt the small earthquake, making him fall.

Ningen stays there, making movements and motions with his arms and hands, Bura realizes that he is sinking. Bura is stuck and cannot get out.

Ningen just stands there, cleaning up the dust from his hands by wiping them to his earth kingdom clothes.

Then he looks back to see Taidana and Zazu stil sparring. Jukuren is looking at him surprised.

''Well, Seishin, that was quick.''

Ningen gets Bura out of the sinking hole, and then closes it.

''Well played'' says Bura

Ningen steps out of the square with a wink. He looks towards the stairs and sees Sumato walking up there. Ningen, since he is done, he follows as well, leaving Taidana, Zazu, Bura and Jukuren.

He catches up with Sumato.

''Hey, what's up?'' says Ningen while breathing heavily

''Oh, hey, I was just watching you and Taidana spar, mostly you, I tried searching for some similarities of Earth and Fire, the stances though are different. It'll be a little bit difficult though.''

Ningen sighs

''Well, since you're all warmed up and stuff, wanna start your training now? You may take some rest if you want to.''

''No, let's get started, by the way, thanks for your observation'' says Ningen with a grin

Alright boys and girls, sorry for the short chapter and for being late, I'm gonna try to also write a chapter for Saturday night as well, this schedule is really messed up to be honest. Please review and tell me how to improve. I'd also appreciate to give me a help with the basics of fire bending XD This chapter we have had two new characters, Bura and Zazu, these are also japanese, although it is actually just one word: brothers (burazazu). Yes, Bura and Zazu really are brothers :P if you have any questions about the characters, feel free to ask me. I hope you enjoy and I really apologize for not uploading for so long.

The next chapter we will have our new Team Avatar member :D

Goodbye!