A golden pair of eyes simply watche as his current surroundings quickly morphs once again.
He was no longer in the middle of a dense wooden forest now he presently floats through a circular tube with streams of yellow, golden, and purple lights interwoven with one another.
'I didn't know I could time travel.' The Avatar inwardly determines in disbelief. He merely allows his body to freely float along with the flow of time.
His sights meticulously observe his current surroundings and discover nothing but the various streams of lights that guide him to his next destination.
'Would I be in the far past, present or in the distant future?' The golden entity considers to himself since his curiosity starts to get the better of him.
The intergalactic dignitary soon arrived to what appeared to be the end of the tunnel when a sudden burst of extreme bright light instantly blinded him.
'Where am I now?' Jordan was wondering to himself while silently observing the familiar surrounding area.
He ultimately concluded that he finally arrived back at the castle in the present time.
'I wonder if I will be able to time travel again?' The young man mulls over his question to himself.
There really was not much of an Avatar's manual to consult on the numerous and various powers that he acquired once he sacrificed his human body in order to become the next Avatar.
'Still…it feels as if time has a different flow to it already.' The golden entity mentally judges once he feels a gentle breeze brushes against his face.
The male advances a couple of steps forward before the bright light of the sun hits him directly in the face. Another thought suddenly surfaces to his head.
'I always thought that if I slightly altered the past then the future would be completely different.' The Avatar thought in frustration as he glances up at the sun.
'I guess only time will tell…but there is somewhere I need to be at right now.' The golden entity reminds himself as he proceeds to tour through the castle.
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Master Cannan rounds the opposite side of the dojo and approaches his students with a small smile present on his face.
He scans their faces to see that they were ready and eager to learn. The instructor then dutifully inquires, "Is everyone here?"
A unified "yes" was heard, which signaled to the teacher that not only were they all there but they were prepared for their lesson today.
"It seems as if everyone is in high spirits this morning." Canaan discloses to his students.
Kieran and Kiera glance at each other before they nod their heads in agreement. "I like that."
"Today we're going to have a visual lesson," The older man mentions to his students, which causes them to wear looks of confusion on their faces.
Raul raised his hand before their teacher acknowledged him, "Yes, what is it Raul?"
"What do you mean by visual lesson?" He pops the million-dollar question.
"What I mean by visual lesson is a lesson where you can see what occurs with your own set of eyes. Today we are not going to shoot with the bows and arrows."
"So what exactly are we doing today then, Master Canaan?" Davis requests from their teacher.
The group of student curiously wonders why they would not be using the bow today.
"What makes a warrior strong isn't just their brute strength but the intelligence that they use to stay alive." He supplied a response to Raul's question only to be met with more looks of confusion from his students.
"You cannot solely rely on your bow and arrow young ones. By being able to effectively utlizing the various range of weapons can significantly boost your chances of survival."
"Now save your questions for later and just follow me." Master Canaan offers words of wisdom to his disciples.
"Do you think it has anything to do with Minato and Natalie, Kieran?" Kiera poses to her brother once they start to follow their teacher's back.
"Probably since I didn't see them leave when we got here." Kirean alleges with uncertainty in his tone.
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"So this is the place?" Natalie inquired to Minato once they approached a wooden circular pin that caught her sight.
"Yeah, this is the place." He confirms before he hops off of the wooden platform and onto the surface of the ground.
She then mimics his action, ambles over to where the blonde male stands, and assumes, "It looks like a sty for pigs."
"That's because it used to be one!"
"Once Master Canaan eyes landed on it, he instantly envisioned of a miniature arena where warriors can spar. We use to put in some long strenuous hours in here too."
Her green eyes peer over at him, note the distant look in his eyes when he talk about the area, and assert, "Yet all of his training wasn't enough to beat me."
The young man visibly displays a smile on his face after he listens to his companion's statement.
The blonde merely shakes his head and confidently proclaims, "We will see about that today."
He then rotates his head to look at the woman, who also wears a similar smile on her face.
'Good. It seems as if she's onboard with this whole spar thing.' The knight inwardly presumes while he mentally does a dance to celebrate his victory.
Loud ruckus promptly ensues, which causes the pair to assume that it is Master Canaan and his students on their way.
The two soldiers watched as the maids drew closer to them with visible items present in their hands.
"Master Canaan ordered us to deliver these to you two." One of the two maids spoke up after they approached them with two metallic swords in their grasps.
The blonde allows the raven haired woman to select her choice first while he patiently waits a couple of seconds after she takes a hold of her weapon.
"Tell him, we send our thanks." The obisidian eyed knight instructs the maids, who quickly bows out of place. They were speedily returning to their daily routine of mending to Canaan's home.
"I think I hear something…" The green eyed solider mentions as she maintains her grip on her sword, which she holds at a diagonal point.
Natalie closes her eyes to concentrate and sure enough the sound of Master Canaan's voice could be heard along with small chatter from the children.
'It seems as if we will have an audience watching this spar. That should make it a little bit more interesting.'
"So are you ready to head in or are we going to wait till Master Canaan come back?" She probes but decides to feign ignorant to the fact that she knew that they were on their way.
He faces the house one last time then stares at her and suggests, "We can go ahead and start warming up. Besides, Master Canaan told us to wait on him anyway. I think he's interested in our little agreement."
'More like you wanting an audience…' The raven haired woman mentally corrects him.
The young woman opens her eyes to see that the obisidian eyed knight holds the gate's door open for her.
Natalie rests her sword on the back portion of her shoulder and flashes her comrade an odd expression.
"What?" Minato teasingly demands after he glances up at her only to realize that she still did not move from her current position.
Her green eyes simply stare at him with one of her eyebrows raise at him before she quips, "Since when did you start acting like a gentleman?"
"That's my little secret." He alludes to her right before he registers the sights of children as they enter his peripheral vision before he determines, 'Showtime…'
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Eva feels a pair of hands against her arms that gently shakes her until she was awake.
She then responses with a "Yeah, what is it?"
Aikka watches as his wife was slow to wake and rubs her eyes with her hands to wipe the sleep from her eyes.
"Nap time is over." He teasingly informs her, which earns a small smile to appear on her face.
"10 more minutes, mom." The raven haired woman with crimson tips joke before she does a small stretch to ease her tense muscles until she hears a small pop noise.
Her husband decides to play along with his wife's antics before he responses with, "No dearie, you have to wake up."
The queen simply shrugs her shoulders and peers over to where her husband is to find him wide a wake.
"You know the twins are going to expect us to be up once they come back from training." The Noursaian reminds his wife of the promise that they made to Kieran and Kiera.
"Tell me why we made that deal with them again?" Eva feigned ignorance just to see if he remembers the reason why they promised that to their twins.
The orange haired male stares at his her, clears his throat and recites, "We will always make it a habit to wait for one another to arrive since time is so precious."
"Aw…don't I have such a dotting husband on my hands." The pregnant woman teases while she stifles a chuckle with her left hand.
"Yes, you sure do. Now let's get you up or you will fall right back to sleep." The young man advises her before he slides out of the bed.
She nods her head to show that she understands the plan of action. Her crimson eyes then watches him wheel the wheelchair up to the side of the bed.
'Speaking of the twins…I hope they haven't caused any trouble for Master Canaan.' Eva prayed to herself before being helped into the wheelchair.
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'Good thing I decided to hide within my human form.' Jordan thinks since he finds himself stroll through the village with a particular destination in mind.
He continues to observe the Noursaians and their standard of living in harmony with their neighbors.
'I have to admit…Aikka does keep the peace in his kingdom.' The man concluded from his observation. He did not sense a heap of dark energy from any of the people.
'It's a little dark energy here but it is more on a neutral scale.' Jordan weighed.
The young man noticed that he passed by the statue that Natalie pointed out on their tour of Noursaia.
The intergalactic dignitary suddenly halts in the middle of his stride. He made sure to stand out of the way in order to allow vendors, merchants, and consumers to easily maneuver through the streets so that they can accomplish their day's goals.
'I think I should take a little break. I still have time before I am needed.' Jordan conceives before he treks over to the park.
It was but a short jaunt to the statue because it sat in the center of the middle of the park. The location was closer to the vendors' side of the street, which means more money for them.
'There are a lot of people around this statue.' He was thinking while briefly scanning the crowd that was surrounding the concrete item.
His golden eyes realize that there were a lot of teenage girls and young adult women that still envision the "Knight in Shining Armor" concept.
The intense determined resolve in their eyes as they clasped their hands to their chest with eyes closed tightly with anxious anticipation to find that "one".
Jordan shakes his heads at the foolish young maidens' languid attempt at a desperate plea for true love.
He then blamed it on their sheer naivety that sustained their precious dream of "Prince Charming" romance a float.
It was those particular kind of women that really bothered him the most. The young man had a simple yet reasonable label to categorize those he deems of that nature.
The golden figure dubs them "The Delusional Romantic Woman".
Yes, the ones, who will do any and every thing to make sure that they acquire their one "true" love by any means necessary.
Those females with that specific thought patterns were more than likely to lead to an obsession. That was one critical aspect that he made sure to stay away from.
A simple "tsk" and another shake of the head kept him focused on why he decided to stop here in the first place.
'Where is it?' The golden entity was asking himself while walking around the object, weaving in and out of swooning women.
He pauses in his stride once the read of the pressure was apparent. 'It's definitely here!'
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"What?!" "Are you serious?!" were the twins individual response after they heard Master Canaan's announcements.
"Today, we have representatives from the Royal Family Guards holding a spar here on my grounds. So I elected for permission to have you all watch this exhibition, so that it will inspire you to work twice as hard in my class."
"Like I said from earlier…the warrior who is more versatile with weapons can always win against someone who is fluent in one."
The twin were merely staring at Minato and Natalie, who were currently standing apart and facing one another in a pit with a wooden fence around them.
"Are they really going to fight each other?" Raul curiously inquires to his master on how serious the spar was going to be.
Kiera faces Raul with a "Really?" expression on her face. The young boy merely shrugs his shoulders up and down for his answer.
"Class, I would like to introduce you to Sir Minato the Knight and Captain Natalie."
"These two will be our live demonstration for today. Please take a seat where you can see, so we can start this spar as soon as possible."
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Author's Note:
12.11.16 Major editing revision
06.26.17 Major cleaning edits