Avatar: the Adventure Continues
Avatar: the Adventure Continues
A/N-This is still a continuation of the flashback from the last chapter
A/N2-I only own my works not avatar
A/N3-just as a small thing-Kuzon isn't some random stranger(remember he was the admiral of the fire nation but read on and you will get a very brief history of his past).
The next morning Kuzon woke up early in the morning. He heard Toph's shallow breathing which signaled that she was asleep. He gently got up and went in front of the bed and got on his back. He started doing sit-ups, push-ups, and other various exercises. About half-way through his routine he heard Toph say "What are you doing?"
Kuzon stopped and said "Sorry, did I wake you up?"
She replied "No, so any way what are you doing?"
"I exercise every morning to keep up my strength so in case I meet up with any fire nation I have nothing to worry about." Kuzon said to her.
She nodded and said "Well I think it is time for breakfast, you want to come with me?"
He thought about it and said "Sure let's go." Together they went into the kitchen, Toph sat down while Kuzon quickly heated up a pot of tea. He poured the two of them a cup and they sat down drinking their tea. After they ate they went into the gardens and walked around.
Toph then said "You know I don't know much about you, do you mind telling me about yourself?"
Kuzon smiled and nodded "Of course it only seems fair. Come, sit down." They sat and Kuzon continued "Well it all started when I was younger. I was noticed at about the age of nine by my headmaster of my school. He noticed I had extreme potential and asked me to have an audience with the fire lord. He was impressed with my display of fire bending and weapons mastery so he put me in the army and assured my parents that I would not be fighting until I was much older. The truth was I didn't do much fighting at all; I climbed through the ranks and started to command the battles. But soon came the day I had to make a choice, whether to betray the army or let them keep killing innocent civilians." After seeing Toph's confused look he said "It's a long story for another day. So I decided to fight against my own army, of course this was treason punishable by death so I went in hiding. News of my betrayal spread all over the world and I was welcome in just about any house for as long as I wanted. So here I am now."
Toph then said "Pretty quick story if you ask me."
He laughed and said "Well I didn't want to bore you with a long history."
Toph shrugged and said "Fine with me." There was silence between them for a while
"Hey I have an idea how about you and me meditate for a while? You sometimes seem a little tense." Kuzon suggested.
Toph sarcastically said "Yeah and then I'll tell my parents I'm the Blind Bandit."
"Oh, come on. It will be very relaxing." He pleaded.
Toph reluctantly said "Fine what do I do?"
Kuzon said to her "Well first you sit like this." He sat cross-legged and his hands curled up into fists, which he put together so the middle knuckles touched.
Toph repeated this position and said "Now what?"
Kuzon replied "Next you close your eyes and relax. Let all the tension in your body go and let all the energy within flow. Next clear the storms in your mind, let all stressful thoughts leave and let peace and serenity enter. Now, do you feel a little more relaxed?"
"Well actually, yes I do, I feel almost at peace with my self." She said, rather surprised at how well meditating worked for her. They sat there meditating for a couple more minutes.
"So not so bad is it?" He said to her with his smile.
Toph stood up and stretched. "Yeah it wasn't that bad at all."
They lay on the ground and just simply talked. Kuzon enjoyed Toph's company. He then asked her "Toph, do you ever feel like a misfit?"
"Well what do you mean by that?" she asked.
Kuzon replied "Well do you ever feel like you don't fit in and you're always trying to find where you belong in the world?"
Toph thought for a moment and said "Well yeah, I'm a blind earth bender who keeps a secret life form her parents and they keep me secret from the world. I never had a real friend in my life, no one even knows I really exist. I guess I am a misfit. Why do you ask?"
Kuzon answered her "Because I'm a misfit too. I am a young fire bender who has commanded armies, which by the way is unheard of. And like you I haven't had my share of friends either. So I figured that since we are both sort of misfits it made sense that we are such good friends."
She smiled at him and hugged him and said "Thanks."
He hugged her back and asked "For what?" She answered him "For being my friend."
The next morning Toph woke him up early. Kuzon asked her "Why are we up so early?" he yawned.
"Come with me and you will find out." She said. They went out into an open field.
Kuzon observed his surroundings and said "What are we doing here?"
Toph said to him "We are here to train; we are going to have a duel to keep our strength up."
Kuzon said back to her "I'm not going to use fire bending against you!"
Toph grinned "Well you're going to have to!" and with that she lunged at him with and earth bending move. He dodged as rocks flew by him, he realized she meant business. So for the time being he dodged and rolled trying to think of a strategy. He knew as long as he was on the ground she would be able to sense him with earth bending. Finally he came up with a plan, it was simple just keep attacking. He would continuously attack until he tired her out. She can't fight if she is to tired to do anything. So he blasted fire balls one after the other, he was surprised that Toph was extremely good. She never let down her defenses. Unfortunately Kuzon let down his. Once Toph had sensed it she knocked him down to the ground. He put his arms up in surrender. She hoisted him back on his feet and said "Not bad, but you need more work. I'll teach you now."
"Well what can you teach me?" he asked.
She answered "Well I can teach you some of my stances and forms to help you in battle." After that they set to work Kuzon practiced and seemed to have nearly mastered the forms Toph had taught him.
Once they had finished Kuzon said to Toph "Hey, I have an idea, let's go out into town and have some fun."
Toph nodded and said "Sure, lets." They went into town and hung out they went to a restaurant and ate some of the most delicious food they had ever had, watched a play, and caused some mischief around town including breaking a cabbage vendor's stand. Kuzon then spotted a man who paints peoples pictures.
He looked at Toph saying "Come on we can get our picture drawn for us." She nodded and went over to the man. He pointed to the bench and they sat. Kuzon put an arm around Toph. They smiled as the painter quickly made two paintings for the both of them. The picture was amazing, the colors matched perfectly, and it seemed to be one of the best paintings Kuzon had ever seen. He went to the man and paid him five gold pieces. The painter looked at him and said "No, this is too much. These paintings cost only seven silver pieces."
Kuzon shook his head "No, these are very special and well done you deserve it." He handed a picture to Toph and said "I know you can't see it but at least you still know what it is." She smiled and they hugged.