Welcome to Book III.
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Kanan's mouth hung open, the bite of rice he had just taken falling back onto his plate. For the last hour or so, Bumi had been claiming he had airbended and was waving his arms around trying to work. Finally he had decided he could only do it if his life was in danger and asked Bolin, who was currently staying at the air temple so as to stay out of Mako and Asami's way, to throw a boulder at him. Bolin had refused, Tenzin had refused, and Meelo had decided to help by throwing a plate at Bumi instead. A plate that was currently hovering in front of Bumi's outstretched hands in a sphere of wind.
"See!" Bumi said. "I told you!"
"Unbelievable." Tenzin said, pretty much the only person whose jaw wasn't resting on the floor currently. "You're actually an airbender."
"Wait until I tell Mom!" Bumi said. "She's gonna love this!"
"It's...it's got to have been because of the Harmonic convergence, right?" Kanan asked. "Bending abilities don't manifest this late in someone's life, right?"
"They...they don't normally, no." Tenzin said. "I think you're right about the Convergence."
"So...first there's the spirit vines I can't clear away, and then there are new airbenders?" Korra asked.
Korra had been trying to remove the vines Vaatu had grown in Republic City for the last week since President Raiko had asked her to. However, she had, as of yet been unsuccessful. Kanan personally was of the mind that they should stay, since the humans and spirits were supposed to live together, and the small forests the vines had formed into were home to dozens of spirits already, but Korra couldn't very well tell the president to go fuck himself, as much as both she and Kanan would love for her to be able to, so she had to find a way.
Kanan sighed as the air around the cup fell and shattered on the floor.
"Alright, enough throwing things at Bumi." Tenzin said, stopping both Meelo and Bolin as they picked up plates.
"Aw." Both said, setting the plates down.
"Tomorrow we will start teaching you to control it." Tenzin sighed. "And trying to figure out how it happened.
Kanan leaned against the pole, watching Bumi wave his hands around in the air, arguing with Kya about whether or not the "change in his aura" she had been feeling had anything to do with him suddenly being an airbender. Suddenly, Lin and Mako walked over, stopping to watch Bumi for a moment.
"Invisible spirit monster attack?" Lin asked, stopping beside Tenzin and watching Bumi as he groaned in effort, apparently thinking it would help him airbend.
"Lin, you won't believe this." Tenzin said. "Bumi just started airbending."
Lin and Mako shared a knowing look before turning to Tenzin.
"I'm afraid he's not the only one." Lin said.
"What?" Everyone present said.
"I got a call last night about a guy who just started airbending out of nowhere." Mako said.
"You mean there's another one?" Tenzin asked. "Where is he now?"
"He...blew a door down on me and...got away." Mako said scratching the back of his head.
Kanan snorted, shaking his head. "Smooth detective."
"Oh shut up." Mako replied. "He got me by surprise is all. We've got an all points bulletin out on him right now."
He and Lin turned to leave and Korra stepped forward.
"Wait, we'll help you look for him." Korra began. "Where should we start?"
"That's alright. We'll send him over whenever we find him. For now you just work on teaching Bumi, unless you just like watching him...do...whatever that is. Anyway, I gotta go. There might be others in the city."
"Fair enough." Korra said. "See you later."
"See you." The detective responded.
Asami then came. "I missed him again."
"What do you mean?" Kanan asked.
"It's just that we haven't been spending a lot of time together. But we'll we've both been busy."
"Oh and Korra. I thought about teaching you how to drive, what do you think." Asami said turning to the Avatar. "Can't have the Avatar constantly ride around on animals."
"Sure why not." She responded. Kanan laughed.
"Oh that's gotta be gold. Can I watch?" The Hitokiri asked.
"Actually, Kanan, I was thinking just the two of us."
"Why?" Kanan asked suspiciously.
"Well, partially because it's been a while since we've had a girl's day out." Asami said, walking over and leaning in to whisper. "And also partially because I want to hear all about the special fun you two have been having."
Kanan's face turned scarlet instantly, his voice slightly pinched when he spoke. "Why?"
"It's a girl thing." Asami smiled. "We like to gossip."
Korra blushed as well, having figured out what Asami had said, and followed Asami as she walked away. Once they were gone, Kya grinned knowingly at her son.
"I thought I heard something hit the wall." Kya smirked.
"Personally I just thought she was having a bad dream." Pema said, Kanan's face turning red rapidly.
"Please stop." Kanan groaned.
"Nope." Kya said in a sing song voice." That's the best thing about our family. We love to humiliate each other. By the way, you might want to go a bit lower next time. Her collar wasn't quite high enough."
"Is that what that was?" Bumi laughed. "I thought maybe her bruises hadn't healed yet."
Kanan hung his head, his long hair covering some of his face.
Kya laughed hugging him from behind. "Oh calm down. Its just family fun."
"Another thing you should probably zip your clothes up completely." She added yanking on the collar of his sweater vest, showing everybody the large bite mark on his shoulder which he got from Korra.
"How about we talk about you and Rai." Kanan said, his mother's face turning scarlet instantly.
"Yeah, I wonder how spirits are in bed." Bumi laughed.
"What about you Uncle. Those days in the Navy. Alone on the sea no women... only men." Kanan said smiling evily.
"Or what about you Pema. Does Tenzin go through airbending kata's when he's having fun with you."
That's when all four of them shared a big laugh. And then proceeded to hug.
"Spirits. I love this family." Kanan laughed.
Republic City - Streets
The Shinigami calmly walked through the streets, avoiding some rather hostile spirit vines as well. He sat down on a bench looking over the ocean.
"Beautiful isn't it." A voice brought Kanan out of his thoughts, he looked over to see someone around his age sit next to him. Said person was clearly from the Water Tribe, trademark Water Tribe skin, ocean blue eyes. A sleeves blue shirt with a large fur collar, blue pants, and almost same sandals as Kanan.
Kanan noticed he had a couple of scars, a vertical one going down his left eye and a horizontal one under his right one. But the thing that caught Kanan's attention the most was the beautiful katana on the person's hip. A black and red handle, a pitch black tsuba with a wave pattern on it.
"Someone once told me, nature is just nature, not beautiful... not ugly." Kanan responded.
"Everything has its beautiful and ugly side. Think about the ocean, calm... it looks beautiful, but the storms are something else. Wouldn't you agree Shinigami."
Kanan reacted in time and blocked the blade of his opponent. Said blade was blood red, with a wave hamon line.
"And you are... ?" Kanan asked neither Swordsman moving from their spot.
"Me? Oh, just... sharpening my skills. Wandering the earth, in search of worthy opponents." The stranger replied.
"I'm not here on some personal business. I can see you look... bored. So how about we skip this talk... and fight."
Kanan smiled, both swordsmen stood up circling the other, their eyes scanning every slight movement the other made.
Both took their combat stance.
"Just call me, Minuano." The stranger said.
Kanan nodded, both standing still not a single breath escaping them.
(Play "The Only Thing I Know For Real" from MGR)
Both opponents lunged at each other, their swords clashing, echoing throughout the street. Their blades clashed repeatedly, a wordless conversation, the way warriors communicated.
Minuano swung forward, Kanan bending backwards, the red blade catching some of his hair. Both opponents thrusted their swords forward, sparks flying from the exchange. Minuano swung forward his blade grinding across the other, he rolled backwards dodging a horizontal swipe from the long-reaching katana. Minuano swung forward again Kanan expertly dodging every strike. Kanan retaliated with several strikes, all of which Minuano effortlessly weaved around, he jumped back both swordsmen readying their blades.
"Masamune. Crafted by the master swordsmith Masamune." Kanan introduced his blade.
"Muramasa. Crafted by the master swordsmith Muramasa." Minuano replied.
Both charging again at one another. Their blades repeatedly clashing as several speaks fly. Kanan swings horizontally but Minuano catches the blade, Kanan hits the handle of his sword with his palm, the blade cutting into his opponents palm. Minuano jumps back, as Kanan hefts the Masamune on his shoulder.
"Very Impressive. I should have removed your head seven times, but it remains attached to your body." Kanan remarked.
"You're not bad yourself. It seems your swordplay is more than flailing about. Your very deserving of your title." Minuano stated.
"Now let us continue, show me what you're really capable of Minuano." Kanan said immediately thrusting the long blade forward, Minuano blocking, but the blade still drawing blood from his face, he takes his blood with his thumb, before having a taste.
Minuano sheaths his sword, drawing the sword with such speed and strength that it creates a shockwave sending the nearby debris flying towards the Hitokiri. Kanan promptly slashed the rocks apart, Minuano charging forward their blades clashing repeatedly, Minuano knocks Kanan away sheathing his Muramasa again.
"Anryō Tensei." Kanan's Masamune flashed, he swung it forward, in a show of godly speed, three concurrent arching blades close on Minuano from all sides creating a prison, allowing no chance for defense or evasion. Minuano drew his sword with such speed it was almost invisible.
Both Kanan and Minuano stood still their backs turned to each other, when suddenly blood burst from both of them. Kanan had several heavy cuts across his chest, while Minuano had three deep cuts two on each side of his chest and a third one on his neck.
"Stop. You are both under arrest for several accounts of destruction. Surrender immediately, or we will use force if necessary." One of the officers spoke through the megaphone.
Kanan and Minuano just stood there, both men having no care for their injuries.
"It seems we both underestimated each other." Minuano said breaking the silence between the two warriors.
"Yes. That will not happen a second time. You may now leave. Go." Kanan said. "Hopefully we will fight again."
"We will." Minuano stated, before dissappearing into a nearby crowd. But as Minuano walked through his wounds miraculously closed themselves, he smirked.
"After him!" The main officer ordered as several metalbenders shot their cables, the cables were promptly slashed apart by the Masamune.
"I said that he may leave. Would you make a liar of me." Kanan added flickering away as the fired cables hit nothing.
Republic City - Kyoshi Bridge
The Kyoshi Bridge was still under reconstruction after Kanan had sliced the bridge apart, in his first fight against Azur.
As Asami and Korra got out of the car after a horrible driving lesson, and Asami declaring that Korra should never even think of driving, they find a crowd of people having gathered around the police barricade. Chief Beifong spoke through a megaphone. "Come down immediately, or we will be forced to take action."
The airbender who was stuck on the bridge trembles as he held onto the bridge, while looking around wondrously. Metalbender cops attacks him. He defends himself using an air dome, knocking off all the metalbenders.
"Sorry!" He says shocked.
"Do your officers know anything else aside from launching cables." They turn to see Kanan standing on a police car his sword on his shoulder and a several heavy cuts across his chest.
"You're words are not very encouraging as well Lin. Perhaps you should consider early retirement." Kanan smiled.
"Let Korra deal with this annoyance."
Korra using her airbending launches herself atop the bridge. She tries to convince the airbender to allow Tenzin to help him hone his bending.
He relents, agreeing to come down with her, but he slips on the narrow steel beam and falls.
"You gotta be kidding." Korra exclaims clearly annoyed, jumping after him, catching him and landing on the bridge with the grace of a cat. The crowd cheers at the save.
Tenzin approaches from the crowd. "This is Tenzin." Korra introduced them. "He is going to help you."
"It is absolutely my pleasure to meet you." Tenzin said with a bow. "I have never met a new airbender before. Well, at least not one whose diaper I didn't have to change."
"Actually, I just fell off a bridge so I could use a fresh diaper right about now." The airbender said, making Tenzin raise his right eyebrow.
"So, is this the deal?" The voice of president Raiko said as the metalbender cop opens the fence for him. "We have crisis every other day now thanks to you."
"Listen, I know you're having a tough time getting used to these changes and I'm sorry for that, but you and everyone else are going to have to learn live with it." Korra told him. "The vines and the spirits are here to stay."
"Well, you know who's not here to stay? You!" Raiko said angrily. "I order you to leave this city. You've caused nothing but trouble since you arrived."
The crowd gasps at the decision, but Kanan merely laughed it off. "I wanna see you try."
"I am the president!" Raiko shot at him. "I can do whatever I want with my city!"
"Your stupidity knows no boundaries. Run and hide while you can." Kanan threatened, before Korra grabbed his hand and led him away.
"Its okay Kanan. I can see my path now. There are new airbenders out there and I'm going to find them and rebuild the Air Nation."
"Don't think I'm not going with you." He said, gripping her hand. "I could use a vacation anyway."
"I wouldn't want to do it without you." Korra said as the couple shared a kiss.
The couple smile before giving the reporters the middle fingers, as they kiss again. Kanan snaps his fingers lightning flashing around the area, as all camera's burn out. Their precious little pictures gone.
"It's so exciting. Who knows who's out there now, discovering the gift of airbending for the first time?" Korra exclaims as the two walk away.
Several days later an airship is preparing to land at Air Temple Island. Air Acolytes pull the airship in with ropes. Kya, Pema, Tenzin, Rohan, Jinora, Ikki, Meelo, Bolin, Bumi, Kanan and Korra all stand together, as the airship lands.
A ramp descends as a door at the top of the ramp opens, Asami grinning at them from the other side.
"Did someone order a fully equipped Future Industries airship?" Asami asked.
"Wow. You made that just in these couple of days." Korra marveled.
Asami laughed. "We are good, but not that good. We had this airship for sometime by now, so I decided if we are going to search for airbenders, we should do it in style."
"And don't worry." Asami smiled. "The walls are extra thick." Korra and Kanan blushing immediately.
"Yay!" Meelo said, running over. "Airship!"
He paused for his pet lemur and Ikki leapt over him, forming herself an air scooter.
"I wanna see!" Ikki said, speeding up the ramp.
"Come on Poki." Meelo said, his lemur jumping onto his head before Meelo formed himself a scooter as well, also speeding into the airship.
"While you guys are gone, Pema and I will hold down the fort." Kya said, picking up Rohan, bouncing him slightly. "Who's excited to spend some time with your Auntie Kya?"
Rohan exclaimed his excitement by vomiting onto her chest.
"Aw, he likes you." Pema said, as Kya used her waterbending to clean herself off.
Mako arrived with a large scroll.
"I got a map with the locations of other airbenders being reported." Mako said. "I marked them all down, but there are reports of airbenders popping up all over the earth kingdom. This might be a long trip."
"We'll manage." Kanan added, just as Ikki and Meelo returned from the airship.
"Hey, how come Jinora gets to go with you and we don't!?" Ikki demanded, crossing her arms. "That's so not fair!"
"Yeah, what this girl said!" Meelo said, pointing at Jinora before also crossing his arms. "Not fair!"
"Because if airbenders show up here, they're gonna need some guidance from you two." Kya said. "It's a very important job."
"Really?" Ikki asked. "Me, a teacher? Yay!"
"Those maggots will bow to me!" Meelo said.
"That's the spirit." Kanan said ruffling their hair.
As the group were discussing their plans, Kanan stood next to his mother, as he held Rohan.
Rohan giggled grabbing one of the ponytails on the side of Kanan's head.
"Hey. Easy there." Kanan laughed.
"I think you'll be a great father one day." Kya told her son placing a hand on his shoulder.
"If the children have the right mother." Kanan said looking over to Korra who was in a conversation between her, Pema and Tenzin. She saw him smiling at her as she smiled back.
The group soon got ready, they entered the airship and waved all the others goodbye.
"Come on." Asami smiled turning to the group. "I'll show you guys to the rooms, then I'll give you a tour."
The others all nodded and followed her through the airship, dropping their things off in the rooms they chose, Korra and Kanan getting one of the two rooms with a king-sized bed and Mako and Asami getting the other, then finished their tour at a room near the bottom where the pilot was on a catwalk above them and the front of the room was a floor-to-ceiling window. They all sat around a table to discuss their plan.
Mako unrolled the map and slid it out where everyone could see the marks along the North part of the Earth Kingdom, then along the rivers and lakes heading toward Ba Sing Se. "As of now, these are the towns where we've gotten reports about airbenders. It looks like we can hit up most of them before we get to Ba Sing Se."
"We're going to bring the Air Nation back from the brink of extinction after nearly two hundred years." Korra smiled.
"And it's all because of you, Korra." Tenzin said.
"I have a question. Do we know of any new airbending criminals?" Kanan asked.
"No." Mako said. "At this time, we don't know of any."
"Uncle, do you know if the White Lotus has any?" Kanan asked. "They keep the "really dangerous" ones locked up, right?" Kanan said knowing full well that he could mop the floor with these criminals.
"I did ask about that." Tenzin inquired. "They're still checking, but so far none have gotten airbending."
Kanan nodded. "Well, for the time being that's one crisis we might not have to worry about."
Korra nodded. "That could be a really bad situation."
And with that the rest of the travel was spent having fun around the ship, and enjoying themselves.
Sorry if this chapter is short, but I felt like I had to end it here.
In reality I don't like Book III.
Bullshit spirit magic makes all the airbenders appear. Really that's the best they could do.
Anryō Tensei - "Eye of the Dark Dragon"
Well see ya.
