Aang must battle The White Lotus. Oh no! On to Chpt. 2, where Aang begins to prepare himself.
Disclaimer: I already said it, but I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender. I am depressed.
Preparation for Battle
Aang had 3 days before the biggest challenge of his Avatar career commenced. To say he was nervous would be understatement of the year. He hadn't been this nervous since before the invasion. His first priority, after he regained his senses, was to train like crazy. Zuko and Toph had arrived shortly after the whole discussion, and now Aang was in a hardcore training session.
He spent 45 minutes just doing the basic push/pull exercise with Katara, then 45 minutes moving and breaking rocks, and then 45 minutes doing hot squats and breathing exercises. After all his intense training with bare basics, he moved onto more advanced things. Right now he was perfecting his octopus form, defending himself from Katara's icicle attacks. This time, however, she would block or dodge his counter attacks. Eventually Aang managed to get hold of Katara's leg with a tentacle, but Katara sliced the water with her hand and then shot several small streams at Aang. He blocked most of them, but the last two got through and knocked him down. She ran over and helped him up.
"Okay, I think that's enough for right now. You should take a break," Katara suggested.
"No time for breaks!" Aang exclaimed. "I'm in the battle of the century here! I have to be ready. I need to move onto earthbending again."
Katara reluctantly agreed. He was right. This series of duels would probably be like nothing he had faced before. At least with Ozai he could use all of the elements. Now he was restricted to whatever he was up against. It was also likely that he wouldn't be allowed to use the Avatar state. That would be too unbalanced.
Toph blindfolded Aang, ready to continue her training with him. "All right, Twinkletoes. You remember how this goes. Visualize first, and then attack. Feel the vibrations. Don't just sense them. You must feel them."
Toph firmly planted her heel into the ground, sending a shockwave through the ground right at Aang. Aang sensed it and stopped it with his own foot. Toph drew a 5 foot boulder from the ground and kicked it at Aang. Aang clapped his hands and the boulder split in two, just barely avoiding him. Aang went on the attack, crumbling the two rock into tiny pebbles and launching them at Toph with intense speed. Toph stomped the ground and an Earth wall popped up to block the assault. Then she kicked the wall right towards Aang. Aand held up his arms and the wall turned to sand as it hit him.
"Come on, Twinkletoes! Are we fighting or dancing here?" Toph taunted him as she struck the ground with her hands and formed a quicksand pit over Aang. Aang sank to his knees as Toph summoned to 20 foot boulders, one on each side, and tried to sandwich the Avatar. Aang quickly dove all the way into the Earth, and sensing Toph's vibrations, popped up right next to her and encased her legs in solid rock. Toph broke free with her hands and made the ground underneath Aang spring up like a pike, launching him in the air before crashing back down.
"Get creative, my pupil!" Toph yelled as she encased Aang in an earth prison. Katara was watching and got worried when nothing happened for 10 seconds. Then suddenly Aang broke free of his prison and sent the tent flying in a million pieces. He quickly stomped both feet to summon two 15 foot tall pillars on Toph's sides. He flicked both of his wrists and the two towers collapsed where Toph was standing. She barely shot her hands up it time to shatter the falling towers to, pieces.
"That was good work, twinkletoes. You may now move on to firelord hothead."
"Don't call me that!" Exclaimed the man Toph was referring to.
Aang removed his blindfold and faced the young fire lord, who was already in a ready stance. He was breathing heavy, and feeling a bit sore from all the training, but he carried on.
"No attacks, Aang. I want you to douse all of my attacks. Don't dodge them. Block them." With that, Zuko did a spinning kick that sent a wave of fire.
Aang did a counter kick that snuffed the flames. Zuko followed up with a low sweep that sent a floor level fire wave. Aang copied his motion to block the flame. Zuko then performed a double jump kick, sending a fairly big flame at the young Avatar. Aang firmly planted his feet and circle blocked the fire, extinguishing it.
Zuko took it up a notch and performed fast, repetitive punches, sending several fast fireballs at Aang. Aang managed to palm block them all, but the last one slightly staggered him. Zuko then performed his fire breath in a long, steady stream. Aang performed wide circle motions with his arms to block the flames, but since he wasn't using airbending, the tail end got through, burning Aang's stomach slightly. Aang ignored the pain.
"All right, now you can firebend," Zuko permitted right before he breathed fire at Aang's feet, covering the ground around him in flames. Aang performed several low sweeping motions to douse the closest flames before he spun his arms to wield control of the fire himself. He circled it around him before he sent it back at Zuko in a large wave. Zuko spun his arms to create a hole in the fire around him, so the fire passed through without harming him. Aang extended a large blade of fire from his arm and sliced at Zuko. Zuko ducked the first time and then countered with his own fire blade. The two flames met and exploded in the middle. Both men were unharmed. Zuko performed a fast low/high kick combo to send two separate waves. Aang flipped in between them and shot a straight fire stream at Zuko, who dodged.
At this point Aang was pretty well spent. His stamina was amazing, but he still had his limits. He was panting harshly and sweating up a storm. Katara quickly noticed this when both Aang and Zuko paused.
"Aang, you're getting tired. You need to take a rest."
"I'll be fine, Katara! I have to be ready for this fight." Aang replied.
Aang and Zuko both shot fire streams at each other. Aang's exhaustion came into play, as his attack was thin and weak compared to Zuko's. The two fires collided but Zuko's easily pushed Aang's back and hit him dead on, sending him flying to the ground. Katara ran over to him instantly.
"No more Aang. You are going to kill yourself. You need to rest."
"But I have to prepare." Aang pouted.
Zuko sided with Katara. "Aang, you're exhausted, and you're bending is suffering. At this rate, you'll be in no condition to do battle."
"Besides, Twinkletoes, you have two more days to prepare." Toph chimed in.
"Fine, I'll take a rest," Aang grumbled in defeat.
Katara leaned into to his ear and whispered seductively, "Resting means more alone time for us. How about a nice healing session followed by a make out session?"
Aang blushed furiously. Lucky for him, his face was already red from exhaustion, so the others couldn't see it. Of course, they had a pretty good idea of what Katara told him.
"Sugar Queen, we leave him in you're custody now," Toph giggled before leaving with Zuko.
Katara scooped the young Avatar into her arms. His well defined body made him heavier than he was in Bah Sing Se, but he was still small, and Katara was a strong young girl.
"Katara, I can still walk, you know." Aang giggled.
"But you're exhausted. Besides, you know you like this." She smiled at him.
Aang responded by kissing her cheek. Katara walked all the way back to The Jasmine Dragon, where they were still residing at the moment. She carried him upstairs to her room, sat him on the bed, took his shirt off, and started to heal him.
Aang moaned with pleasure as he felt Katara's soft hands roam all around his chest and back. "Katara, are you feeling up on me?"
"I'm just making extra sure that every part of you is healed… and yes, I am." She answered seductively with a matching smile. They both blushed.
Katara finally finished, stripped down to her bindings, and proceeded to sit down next to Aang and kiss him. He eagerly responded with energy and passion, despite being tired. Katara's tongue pleaded for entrance into Aang's mouth, and he happily obliged. Katara explored every inch of his mouth before shoving him onto his back, straddling his waist and returning to her previous task. Aang was too tired to flip them over, but didn't care. He actually sometimes preferred Katara being on time, and Katara knew this.
Katara kissed his earlobe and nibbled at it gently, gaining a moan of satisfaction from her boyfriend. Aang went down to her neck and began placing soft kisses all around before gently sucking on her neck. His hands were roaming around her waist, loving the feel of her warm, smooth skin. Her waist was well defined from her waterbending training. So were her hips and legs. His hands slowly went lower to her hips, making her moan as she went back to kissing his lips. He then went down to her thighs, before he cupped her butt with one hand, making her gasp.
He instantly pulled off. "I'm so sorry, Katara! I didn't-"
"That felt so good. Do it again." She cut him off and actually guided his hand back to where it was. Aang let his hand roam around the plump, firm skin of her backside, causing her to moan more. After about another minute they stopped kissing and Katara laid next to him. Aang proceeded to get up to go to his room until Katara grabbed his arm.
"Stay with me tonight," She pleaded.
"What about Sokka. He'll kill me if he thinks we… you know."
"We're not going there yet. And if Sokka lays one finger on you I will torture him for weeks. Please stay with me, Aang."
Aang gladly got back in bed and they both got under the covers. Before they could go to sleep they had to make out for another couple of minutes. After they pulled back for air Aang decided to confide in Katara.
"Katara?"
"Yes, Aang?"
"I'm… scared about this whole challenge. I mean, I'm facing off against the best of the best. I was sloppy today, and I don't know if I can do this.
Katara kissed him before answering. "I think you looked very impressive before you got tired."
Aang still looked a little scared about the whole ordeal, so Katara continued. "Aang, you've been training since I freed you from the iceburg. Your skills have improved so much even since you took down Ozai. I know you can do this. I'll always believe in you."
Aang grinned at her. "Thank you Katara. Without you, I don't know where I'd be."
"You'd still be frozen underwater is where you'd be," Katara smirked.
They both laughed before cuddling together and drifting off to dreamland.
There's Chapter two! Read and Review please. I need constructive criticism. Updates should come pretty fast.
