Chapter 100 - Chapter 102 (1/2)
A year has passed since Dragon met Orlando. And Dragon was sitting on the mountain and meditating. Ever since Gyatso got the bad premonition, he had been teaching Dragon about the spirit world.
The need to knows and how to's around spirit meditation. And he had also started to dabble in other forms of bending. Much to his and Gyatso's surprise, Dragon had a natural affinity for all elements.
He needed nothing more than being around an element to get a connection with it. So lately he had tried his hands at earth bending since he lived on one massive rock, he imagined this to be a good opportunity to explore it.
Earth bending was very different from air bending. It was hard, stubborn and not at all flexible. The very opposite to air. So he could not yet move any rocks, but he could at least feel the life inside the earth move around.
He imagined if someone mastered earth bending, you could probably feel the entirety of the earth's rotation. And if someone held enough power, they could maybe even affect the rotation of the earth. But this was just theories and nothing he could confirm.
”KAA” Orlando came zooming passed above Dragon. He made a circle in the air and then landed gracefully on the ground in front of Dragon.
”Did you have fun?”
”kaa!”
”Great! And how is the boy? Is he alive?” A small boy's roar came from Orlando's back and Aang jumped off. He did a flip in the air and landed beside Dragon.
”I had a fantastic time, Master Dragon,” Aang said and gave an enthusiastic thumbs up.
”Good, now let us spar. It's time to see what you can do.” Dragon opened his eyes and stood up. Every single movement he performed, big or small, caused the winds to pick up or slow down in speed and force.
”I'm ready, master!” Aang took on the stance of the air nomads. it was their own created style that focused on speed and agility.
”Attack me!” Dragon commanded.
Aang did a frontal kick that sent a blast of air towards Dragon. Dragon analysed the air blast and before it hit him he used his hand to cut it apart.
Aang continued his assault, he started going close combat against his teacher. He was mixing air bending and martial arts smoothly. Every punch and kick released blasts of air and Aang was bombarding Dragon with them.
”Good. Do not let your opponent breath even for a second. Look for opportunities, everyone makes mistakes so find them.”
Dragon was blocking each of Aang's strikes and he also released blasts of air that rendered Aang's neutral. The matchup wasn't really fair towards the boy, but Dragon still didn't go easy on him. He pushed Aang to the limit of his capabilities.
As a final test Dragon gathered a little more air in his hand and shot it towards Aang. The boy brought up his hands to block it, but the impact was too much and he got blasted away.
Before Aang was thrown off the mountain a gust of wind came from behind him and shot him back onto the plateau.
”That was good, Aang. You have come far in just a year. And this year will be the last I stay here and teach you, as you know. So this year we will focus on perfecting your foundation. Making sure that you have something stable to stand on in the future.