Avatar: the Adventure Continues
Miles away at the fire nation capital, the fire lord sat in his throne watching his high ranking admirals and generals enter the room and take their seats in front of him. They were about to discuss what to do since the avatar was still alive. Once everyone was seated Ozai began "Since the avatar is still alive, and Zuko has gone to help him, this means that the avatar is well on his way to becoming a firebender, and therefore will come back for a rematch. What should we do?"
An admiral stood up and answered "Sir, the avatar won't have large forces under his command, we can possibly stop him and whatever resistance he will bring with him."
Then a general stood up and said "The avatar is too powerful, he is a danger, and he can possibly still defeat our armies. Have you not heard of the avatar state, where he is at his strongest?"
Azula stood up to contradict the general "If the avatar didn't use the avatar state during our counter attack after the eclipse, then he is incapable of using it after I shot him with lighting when he was in the avatar state under Ba Sing Se."
"You made the same guesses thinking the avatar was dead, don't underestimate that he can't use the avatar state now!" Ozai yelled at her.
She sat down as another general stood "We should send a team to finish the avatar."
Ozai said back "We have no time to search for the avatar or bother killing him now, we just need to be prepared for another invasion."
The admiral stood again and replied "Agreed, now we should start discussing plans of action."
Early next morning, after a short breakfast Kuzon, Aang, Zuko, Sokka, Katara, and Toph were heading to the training rooms. Aang and Zuko took one for Aang's personal lessons in firebending. The others went into the second room so Kuzon could teach those advanced moves and tactics.
The room was filled with racks filled with swords, spears, and other various weapons. The room itself was circular. The walls were colored with very neutral colors. Kuzon looked at Katara and asked "Katara, what is the opposite of water?"
"Fire." she answered the obvious question.
Next Kuzon asked Toph "What is the opposite of earth?"
"Air, but why are you asking us this? We already know what our natural opposites are." She questioned him with little patience.
He looked at them and said "Teaching you how to bend your native element with the moves of another can and will give you an edge in any battle. For example:" He looked again at Katara and continued "this is a basic firebending attack." He took a basic fighting stance, took a deep breath, and started with a front punch followed by a back punch both of which produced fire blasts. Then taking his back leg he executed a back leg side kick which also blasted fire. Then after he put his foot down, he spun around facing forward and at the same time spreading both arms out causing a ring of fire around him. Finally he finished with a downward slashing movement also causing fire. Then he said "Try that move with water bending."
Once she set out to work on the move Kuzon turned to Toph and said "Now here is an airbending attack:" Taking another fighting stance he started with stepping through with an upward slash, then stepping through with the other side with another upward slash, then jumping and spinning three hundred and sixty degrees he land thrusting both arms out, palms facing the opponent. He then said "Remember airbending is quick and dynamic, although this is a short move it must be done fast." Then he stepped back watching them work on the moves. The two of them were failing miserably Kuzon sighed, they would hopefully learn it soon. So he turned to Sokka "I am about to teach you advanced sword combat techniques." He told him. They grabbed practice swords and went to work.
Meanwhile Zuko was teaching Aang about firebending. "Firebending is not something to be feared; if you fear it you will lose control, but don't underestimate it either because it is dangerous. Stay focused and concentrate and you will control the fire." said Zuko. Aang tried several times to produce a substantial fire blast, but each time was a failed attempt. He shook his head "You are letting fear cloud your mind, emotions will affect all bending, but especially firebending." Zuko told Aang. Taking a deep breath Aang closed his eyes, trying to find his center. Opening his eyes he punched and finally created fire. He watched in amazment at the fire he produced. "Well done, you can firebend now!" said Zuko.
Aang smiled at his success "So now what?" he asked.
"Now it is time to learn how to use it." He answered. So together they practiced using different firebending forms. As Aang practiced he wondered how the others were doing.
Toph felt sweat running down her face. Trying to use airbending attacks was more difficult than she thought. She didn't feel that same rooted feeling she would feel when earthbending. She wasn't going to give up though; she was going to keep trying until she got it right. After a couple of hours Kuzon walked around the room watching the three of them practice their techniques. But finally Toph succeeded with attack and Katara perfected hers not too long later. Clapping his hands and smiling he said "Fantastic! You two did it! Now that you got past this wall you two should be able to try more attacks."
"Give us what ever you got!" Katara said obviously more than confident with her abilty to fight with a new style.
Kuzon grinned "Well only because you asked for it." He started to teach them more and more advanced attacks, each one increasing in difficulty. Finally at the end of their practice Kuzon made them meditate and relax after their tough training session.
Aang was feeling much better that he could firebend now. It was the most offensive bending style he knew which would give him an advantage against the firelord. Eventually Zuko ended their session and said "You have done very well today, I am quite impressed. I knew you could do it. You can bring balance to the world and in no time you can defeat Ozai."
Aang bowed to him and said "Thank you sifu Zuko."