Coming Together

Battle

Aang caught a short, sharp breath and looked up at man, standing over them in the light of the full moon.

"Fei ZhiZhu." He accused.

"Hello, brother." He sneered down at him, the evil as plain as the ethereal glow in his silver eyes. He looked over to Katara and his left hand rose higher.

"Thank you for the healing, but I would really rather this be a one on one fight." I said and his hand became a fist, Katara dropping to the ground unconscious. Fei allowed Aang some air and he crawled over to Katara's side.

"Katara! Speak to me!" He said and held her, coughing.

"She'll be fine, don't worry."

Aang took a moment to try and calm himself but rage bubbled inside of him. His own breathing was returning to him, bending the air around him, aware of every wisp of oxygen touching his skin. He started to count every death in his mind and his rage was enflamed, turning his head up from Katara's slow rise and fall of her chest and glared at Fei. She would be fine, but what about all those people? They all deserved a better death than this. And it was very simple for Aang to understand what he was facing.

"You may be an airbender, but do not dare count yourself in my Air Nomad brotherhood." Aang could never remember being this disgusted and infuriated at the same time. He stood and placed himself between Katara and Fei. They met eyes and everything was silent, even the woods around them.

"You're not even going to ask how I exist?" Fei asked. Aang was silent and waited for his onslaught. Fei frowned and sent a blade of air his way, Aang just barely jumping out of the way, twisting in the air and sending a whirlwind towards Fei. He smiled and threw out his hands, the wind stopping instantly. Aang understood more then he let on. This person was lethal in more ways than one.

"Alright, fine!" Aang shouted and moved himself away from Katara, trying to move the fight.

"Tell me all about how you are an airbender." If he wanted to talk, maybe he could be distracted. Aang sidestepped more and backed further into the woods, hoping he would follow. Fei took a few steps forward, following his bait.

"You well know about the spiritual connection people can have if they just open their minds to the potential they can reach." He moved faster, throwing a gust of air right at Aang, which was avoided by a hair. "You call yourself the avatar when you haven't even mastered the fifth and most important element."

Aang paused. "What are you talking about?"

Fei smiled. "Simply put; You are not reaching your full potential. If those monks had raised you properly, you would know what I speak of."

This struck a chord with Aang and he tried to not let his temper flair, but it was hard. Those were his loved ones this man was slandering. He bent the earth under Fei and he flew into the air, landing gracefully onto a tree limb like it was planned.

"I'm talking about the void. That lack of anything. The fifth element. Water, Earth, Fire, Air, and Void. The void is tied into every element you can bend. That's what makes is so hard to master, so hard to pinpoint."

He jumped from tree limb to tree limb, showing how he earned the name Fei Zhizhu and coming faster towards Aang and blasting him into a tree. Aang's head bounced off the trunk and he let out a groan, stabilizing himself and dodging the second blow coming towards him.