Suki called an early morning meeting of the Kyoshi warriors, she had an urgent matter to discuss. Once arrived she spoke in her calmest yet most demanding tone. It was about the events that occurred on the beach that day. When all the warriors saw Quixin save an elephant koi, using air bending.

Suki knew the word was out. The whole town knew there was an air bender on Kyoshi. They just didn't know who. Whomever squealed about Quixin never mentioned his name.

In her speech she spoke about the team, and how disappointed she was with her warriors. How they had to share secret sometimes and whatever happens now is there own fault. That day would not be a pleasurable training session for the warriors.

Meanwhile, Quixin stepped out outside and soaked in the morning. The air was damp with the smells of rain. The day was slightly grayed due to the clouds. This contrasted with his feeling, he was feeling excited. Anxious to practice his bending. He went to the far side of the island and started his stretches and breathing exercises. He closed his eyes and entered a concentrated state. He breathed slowly, feeling the air surrounding him. He was accustomed to this, as it was his new routine.

With this state he could better his balance, speed, jumping distance and his physical ability in general has improved. He could do handstands, back flips, cart wheels all through the aid of air bending. He could balance his whole body on his pinky.

Completely focused he could create smaller more powerful funnels of wind. His knock back power was impressive. Using his concentrated air he could send punches and kicks at foes able to knock back a Kyoshi warrior in full uniform back at least fifteen feet, excluding Suki. Her balance and stability control made it so he could only knock her off balance.

Suki arrived late in the day to aid him, she thought it best no to tell him about the towns knowledge of an air bender.

She started by critiquing his flexibility. He needed work. She told him the more flexible his torso and limbs were, the better. As it would give him more dynamic to control the air around him. So she started him on a rigid stretching exercise. Where he stretched every loin in his body farther than he ever bent before. Once he was flexible enough he started to start attempting to use flexibility with air bending. It showed very slight improvement, none to the naked eye. They practiced until sun down then went and rested behind the barn.

They laid up and stared at the near pitch black sky, the stars were absent tonight. So they just rested upon each other and talked.

They didn't go home until the next morning, Suki left after waking up. Not very balanced. Quixin woke up and found her gone. He laid on the moistened grass and picked a nearby flower. Smiled and looked upon the still cloudy morning.

He went back onto his house and just relaxed most of the day. He felt comfortable. Until his parents came home after being in the market all morning with some very interesting town lore. They told him the local merchant told them there was an Air bender on Kyoshi. They thought the accusation was ridiculous and simply a pompous rumor.

Quixin was speechless. The town knew. The word was spreading, he knew that a secret could not simply stay on Kyoshi.

He told his parents that he was going to see Suki. This was an honest statement. He an through the town along the path to the Kyoshi warriors training centre. He was nearly tear jerked. No one would know, it had started to rain. Just a light drizzle.

He and Suki were frantic. She immediately left the centre. And he and her went to visit Popo and talk. Popo was doing better, his bandages were gone, wounds healed. But he still came to see Quixin and Suki nearly everyday. And he slept by the shoreline.

The next few days the rumors increased. Quixin could hardly sleep. But he practiced harder, somehow the rumor drove him to be better. His power had increased and he had incredible focus. The rain hadn't stopped, and the clouds started to show the impending signs of a storm.

That night, a full out storm brewed. Thunder and lightning could be heard for miles. The boom was humbling, and the flashes of light intimidating. But the storm wasn't the only issue.

Three small ships had pulled into the shorelines of Kyoshi. Fire Nation. The leader, a bulky man of at least six feet had grabbed Oyaji, the towns leader, and demanded to know where the air bender was. He told him that was just an untrue rumor and begged for mercy. The fire nation captain wasn't satisfied. He aggressively dragged the plump man to the statue of Avatar Kyoshi and demanded that his small army of men force every member of the island come to the statue.

Suki saw the ships arrive, her house being close to shore. And she saw the seen involving Oyaji unfold. She went to gather the other warriors and went to warn Quixin.

While the warriors prepared for battle, Quixin was torn. He knew he'd be murdered if he didn't reveal himself. But he was worried for his people if he immediately fled. He prepared for battle, and to flea afterwards. He knew that he could no longer remain on Kyoshi. He left a letter to his parents. And prepared a very small bag to carry with him after the battle.

The Captain was furious. He chained the town leader to the statue and threatened to burn him and Kyoshi if the air bender was revealed. The Kyoshi warriors struck. The swiftly grabbed and started battling the captain and his fleet.

Suki was stunning. She would put her enemies weight against them. She swiftly dodged the fire bending, which couldn't be said for some of her fellow warriors. She used her fans to injure others and defend herself.

After fifteen minutes of intense battling in the midst of the raging storm, the captain burned Suki. Badly. He deviously shot a barrage of fire blast into her back, burning through her warriors uniform. She lay on the ground crying.

The Fire Nation Captain yelled for the air bender to approach him or watch the town burn, thunder was heard as he beckoned these demands.

Quixin had used his air bending and rushed directly at the general, then stopped and used his momentum to blast the Captains large body back at least twenty five feet back. The captain quickly regained footing and charged back at Quixin, putting forth his entire body into a massive fire ball. Quixin jumped sixteen feet in the air over the fire ball, and created a canon ball-like effect on his own body and charged down on the daunting man. He charged down, hands first grabbing the mans nearly square head and used the captains body like a balance and forcefully kicked him in his lower back, knocking the Fire Nation Captain's down, torso first, in the sand.

He directed his remaining soldiers to capture the air bender. Quixin could feel the air around him and nearly predicted his combatants movements, using a Kyoshi-esque style of fighting in which he puts his opponents body weight against them, knocking them into each other. He used a barrage of air blasts to deliver there final blows.

The remaining Kyoshi Warriors had freed Oyaji. Gathered Suki and took her off for medical care.

Quixin then realized that he had to pretend to leave Kyoshi then and there. So the Captain would leave the island alone. So the flew off over the water, to simply come back soon.

The Captain and his crew left the island. And the villagers went back home, wet, wondering who the air bender was. The Captain went in the direction he though Quixin had gone in. Not knowing Quixin, under the cover of night, returned to the Kyoshi warriors training centre to see if Suki was okay.

When he arrived, he saw her through the crowd. The warriors had bandaged her entire torso, and her upper legs. She was weak, but awake. With tears in her eyes she saw Quixin. She smiled.

Suki told him how proud she was of him. She told him that she saw him face the soldiers, and she was even prouder to call him her student. They both smiled. He told him that she was breath-taking in battle. He grace and balance seemed unparalleled. He was proud to call her teacher.

He stayed until the other warriors left. Once they left, he told her that he loved her. That she will always hold a special place to him. Suki's face lit up and she replied that she had loved him too, and she would never forget him, and one day they would reunite. She knew he couldn't stay on Kyoshi.

Quixin left the training centre. Suki cried, from a mixture of both physical and emotional pain. She knew that Quixin would succeed.

He walked down to the beach, the rain had dwindled down to a simple drizzle. He put on a green poncho for warmth, his father's poncho. He found Popo by the water, climbed on the old koi's back. And went forth into the sunrise.

He knew that there was quite an adventure ahead of him.

When his parent's arrived home from the scene with the air bender and Fire Nation Capital. They found a letter waiting for them. His Mother cried. His father never felt more proud.