Chapter 11

The day finally arrived. The Small Beaks first match of the year. They were all in the locker room getting ready. "The Small Beaks and the Platypus-bears report to the court. Zuko looked at them ready to go. Lahna finally got better at offense, but still lacks the complete confidence to hurt the other team. Shu gives Lahna's shoulder a squeeze. "Don't worry Lahna you got this." She said to her water bending teammate.

Lahna gave a nod as the team made it ot the opposite end of where the Platypus-bears were an all-boys team that looked to be a year older than the Small Beaks were. "Seems we go our first win of the year guys." One of the members of the Platypus- bears laughed.

The Small Beaks just glared at them, they were even more inspired to take their opponents down. The referee came on the podium, "Players get in position."

All the players got into position and waited for the whistle to start the match. The whistle blew, and Shu quickly launched a disk at the other team's earth bender. The power of the disk sends him back two spaces near the end of the arena. She was about to be hit by a fire punch, but Lahna intercepted the fire bender's attack with a water attack. Shu noticed this and launches disk at him the fire bender sending him back one spot colidng with his waterbending teammate. The Small Beaks move up a spot and went right to pumbling their opponents. 2 of their opponents were trapped with the rope boundary. Shu was focused on stopping her counterpart. It took less than a minute for Shu to push him over the edge. With only around 30 seconds left, the small Beaks could only keep the last two players pinned. "Round one is over with the Small Beaks with the win."

The teams were given a 10 minute break before the next round. The Small Beaks were glowing with confidence. When both teams appeared ready to start the second round. The whistle blew and everyone started attacking and dodging. Lahna got hit on the other team's earth bender, but the attack wasn't strong enough to push him over the line. The earthbender launched an attack against her, she dodged it but was smacked by a water bending attack that pushed her back a spot. Shu had launched an attack of her own at the other team's waterbender sending him back a spot. Suddenly the whistle blew. The round was called a draw and would be decided by a tie-breaker, at the center a coin was flipped to decide who would partake. The Platypus-Bears won the toss choosing to send their waterbender. Lahna gulped. "Relax you got this." Zuko told her.

Shu nodded to her. Lahna nodded back going to the center. When both got to the center. After a few seconds the reffs whistle blew, and Lahna struck first making contact. She dodged an attack coming at her and she launched another attack. This one pushes her opponent over the line. "Winner of the match… The Small Beaks." The ref said.

Shu and Zuko ran up to her, pulled her into a group hug. They later went and shook hands with their opponents. "You guys are really good out there." Their opponents' water bender told them.

"Thanks!" Zuko said.

The two teams moved to their respected exits. The Small Beaks got changed into normal clothes. "So, what should we do to celebrate?" Zuko asked.

"I can offer you're team to some free noodles." A mysterious woman said approaching the Small Beaks.

"Mom." Lahna shouted running towards the mysterious woman giving the woman a hug.

Zuko and Shu looked at each other confused. Lahna broke off her hug. "Guys this is my mom Kasha."

"Hello, you must be Lahna's friends, she talks about you two all the time." Kasha told them.

"Mom." Lahna said embarrassed, and her two friends.

"Would you like to come?" Kasha asked.

"Yes please!" Both Shu and Zuko said, eager to hear more from Lahna's mom.

Lahna just playfully glared at her friends. They made their way to a small noodle restaurant. There was a closed sign on the door. "Mom you didn't have to close the restaurant for me." Lahna said to her mom.

"Don't worry, it would have been a slow day today anyway, so who wants noodles. Shu did feel sad whenever she sees Lahna and her mom interact with each other. After they were done, and Zuko and Shu went home. Shu decided to lay on the couch until her aut arrives home. Two hours of waiting later the front door opened revealing her aunt. "Hey kiddo how was your match?"

"We won." Shu replied. "I want to see my mom."

Lin stood still before she could even open the cupboard. "What?"

"I want to see my mom… you know Kuvira." Shu said with determination.

End