Avatar; The Royal Firebender.

The Southern Air Temple

"What is the purpose in us playing this game? I thought you were going to teach me." Zuko asks standing on top of a tall wooden post in what looks to be a playing field for a game. "Yeah Aang, prince Avatar here wants to learn the elements. I don't see how this is teaching him airbending." Sokka says in a somewhat mocking fashion and waving his arms pretending he's an airbender. "It is teaching, this is air ball. The point of the game is to get the ball through those goals over there. Heads up!" Aang shouts before airbending a spherical wooden ball with grooves in it.

Zuko has little time to react and manages to dodge out of the way of the sphere not knowing how to redirect it. Sokka on the other hand gets beamed in the gut with it and falls off the pillar he was on. Katara giggles at her brother's misfortune and so does Aang. Zuko cracks a smirk at it as well before hopping down from the wooden pillar and walking up towards Katara. "You know what the fire nation did here don't you?" Katara asks under her breath as to not alert Aang.

"We are taught as children that the airbenders attacked us first. I can't believe that my people would just wipe out an entire culture just because they could..." Zuko responds showing his denial of the situation. Katara steps aside, showing him the helmets of two firenation soldiers that have been there for the last 100 years and his heart sinks. He had wanted to believe that the fire nation weren't the bad guys but this was the first thing that started to change his mind. "We were taught that the war was our way of sharing our country's greatness with the rest of the world."

"That's what they tell you in school?" Katara asks, sickened at what she is hearing. "Yeah, my great grandfather Sozin started the war to expand our influence and show the world how great our society is... I never thought that we did something so.. evil." Zuko replies looking at the bones. "You know this will destroy Aang if he saw this." Katara says before moving her arms and covering the helmets with snow. "He needs to know what happened to his people, he was trapped in that iceberg for over 100 years. He's the only airbender left, I don't think I can create a new society of airbenders. I don't know if I have that kind of power."

"I don't understand, where are all the monks? All the bison? The lemurs? Where have they all gone?" Aang asks noticing how quiet it is around the temple. "This place should be so alive but... it's so quiet." He says with his tone changing to a company sorrow and grief. "We probably should just look around. Maybe we can find someone around here. They might not be expecting visitors." Sokka suggests with the quartet starting to walk up hill towards the main sanctum of the air temple.

"We should start with the basics, nothing too complicated but the first thing is to practice patience." Aang says, leading Zuko to a small outcropping on the cliff face. There the two of them sit under a marble gazebo, cross legged looking out at the clouds before them. "Air moves fluidly, with ease. Even moving your body moves the air itself. Breathing is the easiest way to move the air currents and everyone can do that. You have to be patient with Air, once it has been moved, more air has to come back to fill the place where the moved air once was." Aang explains, he interlaces his hands in his lap before pressing his thumbs together. "Focus on your breathing, this is where your power comes from." Aang says taking a deep breath and exhaling through the mouth.

Zuko sits exactly how Aang is sitting facing in the same direction as the bald monk. He closes his eyes and focuses on the air around him, it takes more effort to breathe at this altitude and his breathing has been labored with how much walking they've been doing around the mountain. He calms his mind, slowing his breathing and getting it under control. Aang feels the air move with Zuko's breathing, feeling it be drawn towards them then pushed away as he exhales. Sokka and Katara see the clouds around them start to ascend and descend as well. The chill of the winds at this height being noticeable even through their thick furs. "You feel that Zuko? You're already moving the air around us with only your breathing. Now, open your eyes and move your hand like this."