ch. 2
Destination Tsuta
(2 an half months after the battle at the North Pole)
Flying through the skies above the Low Sang Ocean, the sun gaze made the water glisten, a bison carrying three tired and groggy kids and a lemur had traveling from the North Pole to the earth kingdom. One being the legendary Avatar called Aang a wind bender, who as of now almost perfected water bending. The other two were brother and sister of the water tribe of the South Pole, Sokka and Katara. Sokka was a warrior and Katara a now master water bender. They had been flying for three days hoping to reach the earth kingdom before any fire nation spotted them. As they were flying Katara was instructing Aang on his water bending while Sokka slept and kept speaking about food as he normally did in his sleep using the sleeping lemur as a pillow. Katara couldn't help but to feel proud of Aang and how he had improved in the past few weeks, he could do some impressive things with water but all the while didn't seem to understand what water bending truly was and getting a little arrogant. "Good Aang you're really getting it, now trying to hold the water steady and don't drop it." said Katara, "Ok but why, I can do this in my sleep now?" said Aang closing his eyes and pretending to sleep. "Because simply moving and holding the water isn't what water bending truly is. You need to be able use the water and manipulate it to from attacks like freezing it or riding its waves and keep your mind set on what's going on." said Katara, But to her dismay Aang then looked at her with a confused look on his face now lost. Katara gave a small sigh of disappointment and tried to think of another way to explain this. (God this happens every time, why doesn't he get it? Is it me is that the reason maybe it be better if we found another teacher. No I'm a master water bender now and it's now my duty to teach Aang). Katara thought, "Ok, water bending is something of grace and beauty, its requires concentration and quick thinking. If you just move and try to just wing it you'll be sloppy and you'll lack control…understand?" now nerves Katara asked, Aang thought about it for a minute and tried to make since of it.
"So what you're saying water bending isn't really all that powerful, just basically for moving around." said Aang, "What no, no, no, no that's not right water packs a lot of power you've seen what it can do in fact you sent a pirate flying a couple days ago" quickly answered Katara, "Yeah but I could have sent him farther with wind you know." said Aang, "Its not about the power its about how to use the water and how your able to use your bending skills." said Katara,(Come on Aang you had this, why can't you understand what water bending is. I mean you can do water bending well enough but you don't understand it… what do I do?) Katara though desperately on what to say then she had an idea. As she was about to try again Aang had began to entertain him self by making water fly around Katara and see what she would do. "Aang what are you doing?" Katara asked, "He-he seeing how the master is going to avoid getting wet." chuckled Aang with a grin, Katara smiled and figured that was enough for the day no since in confusing him any more than he was and readied to show Aang what water bending was all about.
But before she could do anything Appa the bison suddenly jerked down wards. "Hey wh….", "Aaaa!" Aang and Katara yelled, sending Aang backwards on to Sokka and smashing Momo and losing control of the water he was bending and drenching Katara. "Wh- what's going on?" Sokka said flustered, waking to find Aang on his stomach and smashing the lemur screaming under his head. Aang smiled a smile so innocent only one as young as he could smile and gave a nerves laugh. Sokka then rubbed his sleepy eyes then looked up to see a wet Katara glaring at Aang. "Um you to having water practice?" asked Sokka trying with all his might not to laugh. Katara took a deep breath and fighting the urged to take the water form her cantina and water wiping him. "Aang." Katara calmly said, Aang now nerves and scared he didn't mean to get her wet just move it around her. "Um Katara I'm sorry I didn't mean to get you wet, Appa suddenly jerked down and broke my concentration." Aang said nervously, "You see that's what I meant earlier, you must have control no matter what understand now?" said Katara, hoping something can come out of this. "Yeah I understand completely now don't worry ill work real hard on it" Aang quickly said,
She was happy something good came out of this but disappointed it took her getting wet for him to get it, and hoped he wasn't just saying that. "I think Appa's tired that must be why that happened." Aang said, "Are there any islands near by?" asked Aang, "Let me check the map.' said Sokka, and He skimmed the map, then guessed where they were and hoped he was right. "Yeah an island called Tsuta, we should be heading for it now maybe an half hours fly…hour tops." said Sokka confidently, "Come on Appa you can make it don't stop now" said Aang, Katara crawled over to Sokka to see the map. The island sounded weird and she never heard of it, wouldn't be the first time Sokka was wrong and relied and instinct to find an answer. "Are you sure I've never heard of that island." said Katara, as she looked at the map over she then saw he was right. "Yup, see right their in black and white, I've never heard of it ether… strange." Katara had a bad feeling about this, she knew from experience that islands that none of them had heard of before normally meant trouble but figured they had no choice.