Team avatar, "Kuzon", and "Lee" headed toward their school. When they walked in the gate they were greeted by the kids. On Ji ran up to Aang.
"Hey Kuzon, do you wanna get some tea after school at the jasmine dragon. Some other kids and I are going" she said casually.
Katara walked away a little jealous.
"Uh sure, who else is going?" Aang asked.
"Some of the water benders" she said casually.
The day went by as any normal day at school went. Aang and Zuko headed to the open fields to their fire bending class. This was the bending period where the benders had this class. The non benders either had fighting classes or a free period. They took their shirts off. They started and did some fire bending drills with the others. Some of the non bending girls who had a free period came to watch. They had been doing it recently. Aang had ignored it but Zuko was getting self conscious.
"Why do these girls have to come here to see us shirtless? If only they knew we had girlfriends then they wouldn't be so forward" he thought.
As they finished their warm ups they waited for their instructor. The girls started giggling when Aang looked over and he tried to ignore it. The instructor walked out on to the courtyard. They bowed.
"Good job on the work outs students, Yao you could improve on your breathing" he said. " Kuzon, Lee, you have quickly become my best students. I would like you two to perform a practice Agni Kai tommorow to demonstrate what you have learned. The headmaster is coming to watch and I want to impress him. Do not hurt each other but don't hold back" the instructor said.
"Sounds good" Aang said.
"You're going down" Zuko said.
The class continued their training. Aang had finally mastered fire bending. The gang met up at the end of school.
"How was your day" Katara asked to Aang.
"Good, Zuko and I have an Agni Kai tomorrow" Aang said.
"What?" Katara said.
"Our instructor wants us to duel to show off to the headmaster" Zuko said.
"Awsome" Sokka said.
"I am skipping earth bending to watch. With just fire bending you two are pretty evenly matched" Toph said.
"I have a free period. I will come" Suki said.
"I'll be there too" said Katara. "Aang after school do you…"
"Hey Kuzon are you ready to go" On Ji called.
"Where are you going with her?" Katara asked, a little bit of jealousy in her voice.
"Uh… we and some friends are going to get tea at the jasmine dragon." Aang said.
"Oh okay" she said.
"You can come if you want" he said hopefully.
"Oh I can't I actually have to meet with my water bending teacher" she said before running off.
"She's lying" Toph thought to herself.
Aang walked off with On Ji.
"They are going to meet us there. I hope they don't blow us off" she said.
"So where are the others" Aang asked.
"Yeah" Aang said.
They continued to walk through the middle ring. Aang and On Ji got to the tea shop but their friends weren't there.
"I guess they didn't show" On Ji said.
"Oh well, we can still enjoy some tea" he said.
They sat down with some jasmine tea and started to drink. They talked about school and the upcoming Agni Kai. Then Katara walked in followed by a water tribe boy.
"Hey Katara" Aang said when he saw her but his face fell a slight bit but recovered when he saw the other boy.
"Hi Kuzon"
"Who is your friend?" he asked.
"This is Chan, a friend of mine from water bending class. We just came to get some tea" she said casually.
"Oh hey" Aang said.
The four enjoyed the tea and then Aang left early. Katara left shortly after. She walked in and Aang was sitting on the couch.
"I thought you were getting tea with some friends and On Ji" she asked.
"They never showed up" he said.
"Oh okay" he said.
She went out to water bend and Aang went to clean Appa. The others came home tired. The next morning Aang got up early in anticipation. He was gonna duel Zuko today and he really wanted to win. To him he thought it would be a chance for him to prove his mastery of fire bending. He left early and headed in the direction of school. Katara woke up to find all of her friends in the main room except for Aang.
"Where is Aang?" She asked.
"He went to school early" Zuko said.
"Oh" She said disappointed.
Team Avatar head to school and found that word of the Agni Kai had spread fast. All the kids were talking about it. Some were betting on who was going to win the duel. Kids came up to Aang and Zuko to wish them good luck. Aang walked down the hall to his history class with Sokka.
"Everyone is talking about the duel" he said.
"Yeah, it is pretty much everything anyone is talking about"
"Good luck Kuzon, I will be rooting for you" said one of the girls.
"Ugh that is so annoying, they won't leave me alone" Aang said frustrated.
"Why is the hero worship bothering you" Sokka asked.
"It's not so much me but Katara. I think it is getting to her and I know she doesn't like it" he said.
"Don't worry about it too much Aang. You should be more focused on the duel next period" Sokka said.
"yeah" Aang replied.
Aang's history class went by quickly and he headed out to the fields for the duel. It seemed like all the kids were skipping class to see the two duel each other. The teachers didn't seem to mind though because they also were there. Aang was turned away from Zuko. He was ready to start and duel. He turned around and his towel came off his shoulders. The two stood bare chested one hundred feet away from each other. Aang shot fire out of his mouth and fists with a giant roar. The crowd cheered for Kuzon.
"I can do this. I am the avatar, defeater of the fire lord. I can beat Zuko in a practice duel"
Zuko punched his fist forward and flames shot out at Aang. Aang twirled around it and shot his own blast. The two exchanged blast for a while without tiring. Then Aang decided to mix it up by kicking larger blast at Zuko who just blocked them away. They were both using moves that were similar to the dancing dragon. Each had integrated the dance into their style of fire bending. One of the teachers commented on how elegantly they moved. The crowd cheered the whole time enjoying the fight.
"I am not doing anything. Come on Aang do something before he beats you"
Zuko started moving in quickly. He formed fire daggers and attempted to fight Aang in a more hand to hand combat. Aang dodged all his moves and evaded him. Then he breathed fire at Zuko who was right in front of him and about to stab him with a flame dagger. Zuko hit the ground but shot fire out of his feet and knocked Aang down. Aang rolled over toward one of the buildings. He climbed on the roof and attempted to fight Zuko from the high ground. The roof had tons of scorch marks on it as they dueled. Zuko started shooting large blasts at the roof to get Aang to fall off.
"Oh man, he's gonna knock me right off this roof." Aang thought to himself.
Aang jumped in the air and avoided getting scorched by a fast attack. He was falling and he knew he couldn't just air bend himself to safety. He shot flames out of his hands and feet like Ozai and Azula had done hoping it would slow him down. He started to slow down as he fell and landed harder than he would have hoped but not hurt.
"That wasn't too bad. I got to try something. I guess I will go all out"
"Hey Lee wanna see my ultimate move" Aang said.
Zuko smirked and said, "Whatever it is I will block it or redirect it" he said.
"Redirect this" Aang said. He took his stance and started the motions. The kids' faces turned to shock as Aang formed lightning around him. The rest of team avatar looked worried but Zuko and Aang were calm. Aang shot his fingers forward and the lightning blasted toward Zuko. Zuko took it in his two fingers and started to guide it. The other kids watched in amazement. None of them, even team Avatar had ever seen lightning redirection. Zuko shot his fingers at Aang and the lightning shot toward him. Aang started absorbing the lightning and redirected it up into the sky.
"The kids must love that" Zuko thought.
The crowd cheered louder than ever and Aang shot a fire blast at Zuko. Zuko made a ball of fire around him that exploded when Aang's fire ball collided with it. When the smoke cleared Zuko wasn't there.
"Where did Zuko go? Oh man" Aang thought.
Aang and the rest of the crowd looked around. They couldn't see Zuko.
"Oh man I am going to lose. Wait I got it!" he thought.
Aang stomped his feet and started to sense the vibrations for Zuko. He then felt him on one of the roof tops. Zuko was about to jump and surprise Aang to finish it. Aang turned around toward where he had sensed Zuko. Zuko was already air borne by now and Aang sent his biggest fire ball hurdling toward him. The attack hit Zuko dead on and Zuko hit the ground smoking. Aang ran over and stood over Zuko him with his own fist pointed at him.
"Kuzon has won the duel" he heard his instructor say.
The crowd roared in a huge cheer. Aang helped Zuko up and kids spilled on to the field. They were congratulating them and asking them where they learned their moves. They spent the rest of the day hearing how cool they were from the other kids. Aang was asked out fourteen times and rejected every single girl. Zuko tried to stay low but couldn't avoid the fans. The rest of the day went well for them.