Ex-v: YAY!! I got my reviews, so here it comes!!
BTW, for those who wanted the fluff to be a little less excessive, I'll do what I can. This chappie'll have some action in it….
Sokka was sick and tired of it all. Every ten minutes it seemed, he was reminding someone that you have to breathe in-between ten minute kisses.
There was simply too much love going around the camp. It was uncomfortable.
Either Toph and Sorin, or Aang and Katara.
Sorin and Toph were always up to something. Usually together, and it usually involved someone getting into an awkward or uncomfortable position.
Neither Aang nor Katara were naturally mischievous like Sorin was, and neither loved to plot and plan things for her own enjoyment that involve other people's discomfort like Toph did.
So naturally the pair was more passionate and serene. You would think so anyway, but not if you were Katara and got tackled to the ground every time you got back from anywhere by your boyfriend.
Sokka sighed decidedly as he noticed that Toph and Sorin were up to no good again.
He leaped down off Appa and walked over too Aang's tent, were the mischievous two had entered.
Aang and Katara's passionate kissing was interrupted by two people standing above them with worried looks on their faces.
Toph and Sorin.
"That isn't the way you kiss." Toph said with obviously false concern in her voice.
"I agree. I will demonstrate the proper technique. Please watch closely." Sorin nodded the same false concern in his voice.
"This exam will not be repeated, because the look on your faces is so funny it's ruining my serious act." He added, barely containing his laughter.
Sorin leaned over and kissed his new girlfriend.
"You may proceed, assuming you have studied the proper technique." Toph said as soon as Sorin's lips were not on hers anymore.
They turned and walked out very officially, but as soon as they were out of the tent, Katara could practically hear them dropping their straight faces and bursting out with laughter.
"Okay guys, very funny, but enough love and happiness and more planning and death. We need to work on getting Aang a firebending teacher."
Everyone looked at Sokka like he was a moron.
"What about me? I could teach him some."
"Oh, yeaaaaaaa…"
Immediately Sokka demanded that Sorin begin teaching Aang at once.
"You're brilliant." Katara said sarcasically, rolling her eyes.
Lesson number 1
"Okay, so well start off small. I'll shot a flame at you, and you don't get burned. That was the first lesson Joeng Joeng ever taught me." Sorin said, suddenly serious.
Apparently, Sorin was only playful and cheerful whenever he wasn't firebending.
"Cool!! Wait, how do I not get burned?" Aang asked, suddenly confused.
Sorin merely grinned in response. "You have to figure that out yourself." Shooting a thin flame at Aang, who promptly yelped in pain, Sorin ran towards him.
"Ow!! How do I stop the fire?" Aang pleaded, as he was bombarded with tiny flames.
"Figure it out! You're not the Avatar for nothing!"
Aang cried out in pain as the flames licked him, burning his skin.
Reflecting back on his lessons with Joeng Joeng, he remembered to breathe. And, uhh, take a wide stance,….Racking his brain for memories, Aang ingnored the pain he was feeling. Focus on the sun's heat….
This time, Aang knew what to do. As soon as the next flame came, he stuck his hand out, and breathing deeply, focused intently on the sun.
The small flame came to rest on his palm, instead of burning him.
Sorin stopped his rapid flame shooting. Staring in awe, he couldn't help but smile.
"It took me a week of lessons to master this exercise. We've only been doing it for 2 hours and you've caught your first flame. This is what the Avatars are capable of….."
The next day, lesson number 2
"what will we be doing today?"
"Same as yesterday. Get in your stance."
This time, Aang was able to catch four or five out of every ten that Sorin shot. He was slowly getting used to the pain, and so it was easier to concentrate on the task.
After the lesson, Sorin went off to cause some trouble somewhere and then go make out with Toph, and Aang went to visit Katara who would heal his burns.
About one third of the time was actually spent healing.
Lesson 3, following day
This time Aang was already in stance when Sorin showed up, and they immediately began.
Aang was surprised to realize that the flames barely even hurt any more, and he was easily able to catch a majority. Sorin was very exited about the young Avatar's abilities.
Lesson four 4
By today, Aang was invulnerable to the small flames, and barely winced as they stung his skin. Even under a hail of the flames, Aang caught all of them, surprising Sorin greatly.
"Wow. That's great Aang. You've mastered this exercise in three days less than it took me. We're ready to move on."
Aang beamed with pride, and at dinner time, eagerly told everyone all about it in great detail.
The next day
"Aang, this time I won't be tossing small fire blasts, this time, we are working with the real deal. I'm going to try and blast you with fire, and you're only objective is to hit me with a blast of air. You're free to use water and earthbending as well, but to complete the exercise you have to hit me with air."
"How hard are you going to go?"
All Aang got for a reply was a fireball to the chest. Dodging easily out of the way, he spun and, with a flick of his staff, sent a gust of air rushing at Sorin.
Sorin grinned and advanced, thrusting a fist forward hard. The air blast was swallowed up by the powerful wave of fire that leapt from his fist with a roar. Spinning up into the air, Sorin slammed Aang into the ground with a fiery spinning kick, and blasted him ten feet up into the air with a cascade of fire that leapt from his palms.
Aang landed hard, too weak to form a cushion of air. He could feel Sorin stare triumphantly at him, but before he could utter a word Aang swept him off his feet with a thin water whip.
Sorin crashed to the ground. Getting up, he looked around surprised. Were was Aang?
In the last second, it clicked. Above him, was the simple answer. Diving out of the way just in time to avoid a staff to the head, Sorin gasped in surprise.
He had not expected that. And if he wanted the upper hand back, he was going to have to act quickly.
So, concentrating his energy, he breathed deeply, and launched a bolt of lightning from his fingertips that shot up into the sky with a deafenning CRACK!!
The effect was that what he wanted. Aang was too startled by the sudden outburst to aim correctly, and the blast of air went blowing harmlessly off to the side.
Energy still cackling around him, Sorin spun, and shot another lightning bolt at Aang.
The avatar was mighty, but still no match for a lightning bolt to the stomach. He flew backwards and crashed through a tree, before falling unconscious.
Later that evening
"Wow, so Aang almost got you? Were you fighting at your max?" Katara asked, impressed. After all, one does not usually pull off such a performance so early on into their lessons.
I wasn't at full power, but I still wouldn't have expected it." Sorin said thoughtfully while the small group (minus Aang, of course, who was still in the tent recovering.) ate dinner.
"I knew it! I guess Avatars are just all naturally gifted." Toph said, shaking her head. Even she was impressed.
"I can't wait till he starts flinging fire all over the place! He'll be awesome!!" Sorin was super excited about his new student's latent abilities.
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