For the half until Roku finishes saying "Try it, Iroh!" I listened to Clair de lune. After that, I listened to 'I question Mark' by Wade Robinson.
Gyatso and Kara: Prodigies of an Avatar
Chapter 14- Life
Iroh, Gyatso, and Roku sat on the wooden ship and stared at their friend. She was ice cold, and unconscious. The only thing you could hear was the breathing in the boat. The guys still didn't know what to do to keep her from dying. They thought if they let her lay in the sun, the ice would melt from her body. All that melted was a few pieces of ice under her left eye. It was no use.
While Gyatso and Iroh talked of what to do, Roku walked up to Rika and kneeled next to her. He took her hand and brought his face to her ear, then told her what was happening to them softly. He told her that everything was going to be alright, and that they were on their way to Omashu, and would be getting off boat as soon as they got to land. He also told her not to die.
"Roku, come over here!" Iroh summoned his little brother. "Coming!" He yelled back, and then leaned back down to Rika one last time. "See you later, Rika." He ran to his brother and took a seat next to him. "What is it?" He asked glancing back at Rika. "Well," Iroh started. "Do you have any ideas of what to do with Rika?" Gyatso rolled his eyes, at Iroh. "Iroh, my idea was perfectly fine." "Gyatso, I haven't Fire-bended since I was eleven! I've probably lost the energy to even do so." "I bet you haven't" Roku stated looking at his brother. "You were so good at it back at home, even I remember that. Why wouldn't you have the energy to bend now?" Iroh looked at his hands. "To tell you the truth, I have not even tried to ever since we were sent away." "Why not, Iroh?" Gyatso tried to find an emotion in Iroh's face. "Well, it's not like I'm you, Gyatso. I don't live where my bending is most powerful. You can take water out of anywhere. I can barely do that with fire." Iroh sighed and put his hand to his face. "I can't even do a flaming kick anymore, or make a spark."
"Actually," Roku spoke. "You could fire-bend. All you have to do is focus your inner fire on Rika . . ." Roku made an unexpected discovery. "Iroh, you could melt the ice on her. Just enough to get her brain working. Then Gyatso could water-bend, and you could heat the water. Just put the water all over her so her she could move!" Roku stood up, and grabbed his elders to follow him. "Try it, Iroh!"
Iroh breathed into his palms and placed them on Rika's head. I hope I get this, he thought breathing in deeply. Focus all energy on fire. He held his breath trying to mimic his father. One, two, three, he thought. And tried to fire-bend lightly. Nothing came out. "No!" He took his hands off of his friend and hit himself in the head. "Iroh, it's alright." Gyatso laid his hand on Iroh's shoulder. "Try one more time, for Rika?" Iroh nodded and put on a determined face. No thinking, he thought. He closed his eyes and put his hands back on Rika.
Once again, he took a deep breath, but this time held it a bit longer. He tried to release it through his hands, and felt nothing work. Then, like clock work, he got a flash back:
"Iroh, to fire-bend, you must try to focus on a strong emotion or the creators of fire-bending." Fire Lord Zuko said to his six year old son as he showed him the movement of a fire bender. "What do you focus on, Daddy?" Zuko looked back at his son and sighed. "I focus on the dragons-the very first fire-benders. Iroh, I do not want you to focus on rage or anger as a source of fire-bending. That will only destroy you, because, whatever you focus on becomes a part of you- and my son will not be filled with rage." Thinking nothing of it, Iroh breathed in and thought he was a mighty red dragon flying through the air, lighting candles.
Iroh braced himself, and pushed out a huge punch. He felt the fire elevate through his arm to his fist, and out. "Yes!" He yelled and jumped up. He repeated the motion a couple of times before letting his father teach him something new.
Iroh's eyes popped open as he felt the same sensation he did as a boy. His hands let out a soft red puff of heat. The ice from Rika's head started to drip away, and evaporate. The boys watched the color come back to her in awe. The heat was moving throughout her body.
Suddenly, her blue eyes popped open, and she started to cough up water, which Gyatso water bended away from her. Rika sat up quickly, and then fell onto Gyatso and Iroh. "What happened?" She asked when the guys jumped on her with hugs. "We're just happy you're alive." Roku glanced up at her with tears in his eyes.
Yeah, just in case you didn't notice, Roku's got a crush on Rika. I don't know if it's a Kataang kind of crush or a puppy love crush. You tell me on the review boards! I, honestly don't care about their age difference. I only care if its me :-)
I'll be mentioning the girls in a chapter or so, so don't get crazy.
Gosh, I am totally surprised that nobody PM'd or reviewed any couple suggestions. Please, I need reader participation. I'm trying to be like Mike and Bryan!!
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