Avatar: The Legend of Anzen Hyriu, Book 1: The Legend of Beifen

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

No Rest for the Weary

In the aftermath of the Warrior Games, people looked on me with a new air of respect. People also noticed the intensity of the fight between me and Taruk and that more had happened than what was seen. School always went on a break for a few weeks after the games, so my schedule was nothing but training. Taruk would glare at me every time he saw me, but he kept his distance.

I walked out of the tunnel and onto the porch in the Shui Temple. Lamara and Master Sonam were waiting for me.

"Hyriu, you have proven yourself a talented flyer, so we are going to work with that. Today, you will practice air combat," Sonam said.

"Who am I going to fight? Lamara?" I scoffed.

"And me," someone announced.

I turned and saw Daminao land.

"You're late, Daminao," Sonam said sternly.

"I am sorry; I got distracted by the daises on the mountain side," he said with a smile.

"Yes of course, how silly of me to forget what a nuisance daises can be for your attention span," Sonam said, his face completely stoic. He turned his attention back to me, "Anyway, you will climb to the top of Gaofeng and then attempt to land on the Vine Temple which is atop the end of the Greenwall. Lamara will fly next to you and try to stop you from reaching your goal. Daminao will be patrolling the skies. And I will be waiting for you at the temple. Now go. Oh, and here is your glider," he said as he handed it to me.

"How am I supposed to climb Gaofeng, the tallest mountain in this part of the Bei Shuis, with a glider in my hand?" I asked him.

"That is one of the hardships of life," he said sarcastically.

"Why can't I just fly up? Why do I have to climb?" I asked.

"That is part of your training," he replied.

I walked up the paths by the temple with Lamara. When the paths ended, we trudged through the tropical forest. I saw a river near by.

"Sonam said I couldn't fly up, but he never said I couldn't water bend up," I smiled.

A lemur landed on Lamara's shoulder with a note. I prepared an ice raft, but before I could get on it, I was knocked to the ground. I stood up and looked at Lamara.

"What? Sonam said to start 'hindering' you," she said, waving the note.

"Great," I said as she shot another blast.

I made an ice wall and blocked it. I made another ice raft since the first went down the river. I jumped on it and raced against the current. Lamara opened her glider and flew after me. I shot streams of water at her. She flipped through the air, shooting blasts of wind that obliterated the water I threw at her.

Eventually, we got near the top of Gaofeng, where there was only ice and rock, so we battled with the wind. I got to the top of the mountain. The view was terrifyingly beautiful. I opened my glider as Lamara circled me. I saw Daminao, and I looked towards the small Vine Temple.

I dived.

I was kneeled on my glider, so I was surfing but still going very fast. Lamara was close behind. I did flips and turns to try and lose her, but she was too good. I tried to blast her away with wind, but she countered my every attack. I shot a blast of fire at her. She quickly dodged. I saw Daminao in front of me. I shot a blast of fire at him. Unfortunately, since I was flying so fast, I shot the fire in front of myself. I flew into my own fire blast. I could see Daminao laughing ahead of me.