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The First Avatar: Legend of the Star
Book 2: Sun
Chapter 13: The Golden Dragon Pt. 1
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20th Day of summer 191ACS
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The day following the night of the festival, Kyora was woken up early by Baizon, who took her to the beach to train. "You've gotten pretty good at firebending. You've taken to it much faster than your earthbending, so I thought I'd give you a go at lightningbending." The team captain said with a smile, setting up a few targets. Kyora was eager to get back to training, but she wasn't sure about lightning…it was a very dangerous element and difficult to use for anything but hurting others.
"Okay, I'll give it a try, so long as it's only against those targets." Kyora said quietly. Baizon nodded in understanding.
"I'm not teaching you this so you can fight with it but just so you have the skill, just in case." He said kindly as he finished erecting the last target. He quickly jogged over to Kyora and pulled her to a point about three metres away from the line of targets.
"Now lightning is very concentrated. It can be generated like fire by pushing all of the power of your flames into a single tiny point on the tips of your fingers. From there, it can be discharged in a straight line towards what you point at, or it can be kept on your fingers to use the lightning claw style of martial arts. That particular skill can drain you physically but not as much as normal lightning would drain you spiritually." Baizon said. He demonstrated the basic lightning bolt attack by concentrating all his fire to the tips of his index and middle fingers which were extended while his other fingers were pulled back. The bolt then shot from his fingers and pierced a target, leaving a small whole, surrounded by scorched wood. He then showed Kyora the Lightning claw, by gathering small balls of lightning to the tips of all ten fingers and then slashing and clawing at the same Target he had just shot. It didn't go through the target but several nasty burn marks in the shape of claws did crisscross across the target's face.
"Now, remember that when using ranged lightningbending, the number of fingers you use to gather the lightning as well as where those fingers point. The more fingers used in a single attack, the more spread out the damage will be, meaning the damage will be less. Using all five fingers on a hand will be useful for stunning but it won't last long. Four fingers will likely knock smaller opponents out, three fingers is the safest knockout method, two fingers can be lethal against small targets but a very effective knockout against larger opponents and one finger will likely kill all but the most resilient opponents. If you gather the lightning into a fist instead, then the Lightning Punch can be used to hit the opponents head or heart with a physical attack, which is guaranteed to knock them out with no chance of killing them." Baizon said, demonstrating the lightning fist but not hitting anything. Kyora smiled, she knew Baizon was purposely telling her these parts first so she could learn to incorporate it into her Zero Offence style. It was rare for lightningbending to be used in such a controlled manner, especially since the Future Industries Electro Gauntlets were so much more effective and easier to use.
To try her hand at the Lightning Fist, Kyora tried focusing all her fire onto one hand, watching as it was ignited with blue flames. The freezing fire was the default flame for the girl, who was almost unable to make normal flames with instinct alone. The flames grew smaller and smaller until they were only barely visible on Kyora's skin, and then they were completely gone.
"I think you smothered them rather than concentrated them." Baizon said, looking curiously at Kyora's hand.
"I can still feel them though." Kyora said, raising an eyebrow. A moment later a few small electrical pulses came arcing off of her hand as her skin seemed to light up with an electric blue glow.
"You have technique down but you need to focus more power. This fist could do as much damage as a static shock!" Baizon laughed. Kyora cringed.
"I hate those! Maruka keeps sneaking up on me and giving me them!" Kyora pouted a little. Baizon laughed again and patted her on the back.
"Well remember what that energy in your hand feels like so you can replicate it later. Then you can get her back!" he said, mischief twinkling in his eye. The two continued their work for another hour, in which Kyora was able to get enough power to deliver a knockout shock against a small target, but not anything larger. Still the two considered this a success.
The two marched off to breakfast and were met by a mildly peeved Jinora. "What did I say about training when I wasn't there?" she said, tapping her foot lightly as she looked at Kyora. Kyora put her hands behind her back and fiddled with her fingers.
"Um…that I shouldn't do it?" Kyora said, not really remembering. Baizon came to her rescue.
"Sorry Jinora, I asked her to. We were doing lightning training and I figured it would be safer to do with no one else around. I guess Kyora assumed it would be okay." he said, putting a hand on Jinora's shoulder. Because of Baizon's maturity and Jinora's youthful appearance, the two looked to be a similar age, despite the nine year difference between them. The airbender gave the man a scolding look for not asking her first but decided to talk to him later.
"Okay then. So long as you don't train alone, I won't mind, but please do try to have at least myself or your mommy there, okay?" Jinora said, giving the girl a hug. Kyora always loved getting hugs and Jinora was a very hug loving person too, not as much as Rohan though…that man snuck up on her just to catch her in a hug! Rohan had grown up to greatly value the philosophy of the Airbenders, being very spiritual and very loving. He played and goofed off more than even Meelo had, though he always felt more spaced out than his older brother, who had always been considered an oddball.
So it was of little surprise when the young man scooped the girl up as soon as she walked into the dining hall for breakfast. Kyora shrieked and giggled as Rohan laughed triumphantly, gliding gracefully up to the chandelier.
"I have you now little Avatar." he said. The Captured Avatar and the King was once of the games that Rohan played and would not be won until either Ophi made him stop playing or one of the other kids saved her. Kyora liked the game and played her part well, trying to escape and making as much noise as possible, something not appreciated by the newly woken Team Avatar.
"Must you get her all worked up so early?" Kye complained, rubbing her sleepy eyes. Joewe was grinning though and threw one of her shoes at Rohan, hitting him square in the jaw.
"Ow! No fair." Rohan moaned, throwing the shoe back down to Joewe.
"All's fair in love and war." Maruka said, about to throw a fork before Korra stopped her.
"Careful pup, you may poke someone's eye out." The older Avatar said, taking the fork from her. After about ten minutes of various thrown objects, Will finished Rohan off with a well-placed fireball; hitting him between the legs and making him fall. The airbender recovered and sulked while Will caught his prize.
"Are you okay Kyora?" he asked, seeing how flushed and out of breath Kyora was.
"I think I-I-uuuhhhh" Kyora's eyes rolled back and she passed out. Will thought she had passed out but then began to panic.
"Something is wrong! Her heart is beating way too fast!" Will said, trying to fan cool air into her face as he placed her on the ground. Kona quickly got up from his food and placed a hand on her head.
"She is not sick, she is in shock. I warned you when we first told her who she was that this may happen a few times. When her memories from her past life and experiences in this one are similar, she slips into these odd attacks. It happened to me too." Kona said, bending the energy around her heart to try and slow it down.
Rohan began to look horribly guilty. "I'm so sorry!" he said, not sure whether to look at Kona, Will or the terrified Jinora.
Kona didn't pay his apology any heed. "This is a good thing. Her life as Susanoo was happy up until her brothers betrayal, if this helps her recover some memories then there is no need to worry. Her body is immortal so calming her after these attacks is just to make her recovery fast."
Kona then turned to Will. "I had hoped she'd be a fire spirit before the next attack, the spirit conversion should make her recover much faster otherwise this could put her in a coma for who knows how long. You need to go into her mindscape and help her open the Fire Chakra for the ritual."
Will reacted instantly and moved so he was kneeling next to Kyora's head. He placed his hands on the sides of her head and began to let his energy flow, only for Rohan to grab his arm. "Please, let me come too. This is partly because of me, I need to try and help her."
Will nodded and looked to the worried faces of the children. "With Kyora out cold, I can't use her to guide me through her Mindscape. I need a person who is friendly with her and knows things about her to help ease our passage." Will told them.
"I'll go!" Maruka said, quickly volunteering.
"Sorry Maka but we're are going to the Fire Chakra. As a partial waterbender, it would be too dangerous for you. The intense Fire Spirit Chi that will be involved in the ritual could stop you from being able to bend Water ever again. This goes for Kirok too." Will said. Kirok looked shocked at the thought of losing his bending as did Maruka, but neither stayed like that for long.
"Then I'll just stick to earth from then on!" Maruka said. Kirok nodded in agreement, though his resolve was weakened.
"I will go." Lyrae said stepping forward. "Thanks to girl talk, Maka and I know more about her than the boys, plus it isn't as dangerous for me since I am an earthbender."
Will accepted this and waited for Rohan and Lyrae to stand beside him. "Each of you will place a hand on my shoulder and allow your energy to flow into me. I will then allow it to pass through to Kyora. You will be alone at first as I must remain conscious to guide your energy through, but once the process is complete, I will join you."
The two of them obeyed and placed their hands on Will's shoulder and passed their energy through to him. Once they were done, they both passed out, their bodies flopping to the floor while their minds passed into Kyora. Will soon followed and they found themselves in the middle of a stone ruin.
"I don't remember this from last time." Will said, cautiously.
A short distance from them, Lyrae saw a statue of a fairy-like being holding Kyora in spread eagle fashion while the girl tried to break free. Will, Rohan and Lyrae were about to run to save her when a giant, four legged dragon with golden scales landed between them. With a mighty swing of his tail, all three of them were sent to a far off part of Kyora's mind, leaving Kyora at the hands of the Dragon.
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Avatar Trivia:
Book 2 Chapter 13
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The Golden Dragon is an important plot point. He won't show up much, but he does play a big role.
It was surprisingly hard to come up with good but non-aggressive lightningbending techniques…
Despite an eight year difference in age, Ophi and Rohan are in a very close relationship, since Ophi doesn't make such unions lightly and Rohan is a naturally loving and devoted person.
The ruins in the sky of Kyora's Mindscape are supposed to represent the slowly rebuilding memories of her life as Susanoo.
Originally, either Tensa or Kye was supposed to use a special kind of energybending to force Kyo into a coma, so she wouldn't be in the way, but I changed their goals, so now there would be no point.
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