they were walking in the Myen waste lands
"(Yin) so, according to what I've read, combustionbending is the ability to channel chi through the forehead, so basically concentrating energy, it heats the air around, makes a beam that explodes anything it touched. there are some theories out there that say combustionbenders are reincarnated which would mean we would never be able to master it, because during Avatar Aang's time there was combustion man, and during avatar Korra's time there was P'Li, but, the question is, were there no other benders or were there no other known benders? I can always ask my past lives, but if they reply no, that doesn't necessarily mean there was no combustionbenders, it could mean they've never seen any, big difference, but the book I read at Wan Shit Tong's library never mentioned anything about reincarnation, so maybe it's just one of those stupid theorists that like complicating and putting a mystery behind everything using shallow evidence to make the simple minded people entertained.
-oh wow you just called out a lot of people, also Wan Shi Tong? I thought he still hates humans.
-he does, and he attacked me a really hard time, physically and mentally, but I got through him, we made amends and now he lets me in, of course after giving him a new piece of information every time, I just tell him something about glassbending or bibending and he lets me in,
but you know something, one time I told him something about bibenders and he told me that he already knew that, and I thought I was the only one who knows where the library is, or at least goes there regularly, I wonder who was there, and why...
but anyways, I think we need to stop here and start training you on opening your 7 chi paths, mine are opened, I opened them a long time ago, so I'll be helping you out, and I decided I won't try to master it myself
-WHAT? you literally dragged me here a few hours ago all enthusiastic and happy wanting to train for it
-I thought about it, I already bend enough stuff, but I can't bend everything, it will drain me, I'll be your spiritual mentor, but I won't be training on it myself"
"the way your mood swings and your opinion changes in a matter of seconds is beyond me, whatever, it's your loss"
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it's the earth prince's 13th birthday tomorrow, Pha planned to attack that day, and she did.
"do you want us to go with you? (Fuyuki)
-yeah we can help (Doku)
-no, I'm not letting anyone steal this moment from me, I've been waiting for a long time, I want to see the pain in the eyes of 13 year old me in them, and I will (Pha)"
the celebration was very big, as always, the earth king and queen outdone themselves, most people of the upper class were present, the queen took a microphone to speak
"an honor, it is to celebrate our son's 13th birthday with everyone here today, I remember the second he was born, I-"
and before she could continue any further, one of the building walls exploded and Pha put herself in the middle of the room
"Do you remember the day you asked your filthy guards to kill my mom and dad, caused me to lose an eye, then when you found out you were wrong, all you did was apologize and give me some money, it happened on the day of my 13th birthday, do you remember that or do you not Jen? or do you just remember your son birthday? you killed a part of my soul that day, and as avatar Kyoshi says, only justice can bring peace"
Pha grinned and fire lit up around the throne the prince was sitting in, it burned him alive, he scream and hollered, an before anyone could go to help me, he died.
everyone started to escape through the door, but Pha grinned harder and started screaming hysterically "NO, NO YOU WON'T, HAHAHAHA...." the whole ground went up in flames, it was so severe the roof fell on everyone because of how much it got burned, if you weren't killed by the fire, you'd be killed by the smoke, and if not, the crashing roof would crush your skull. During the panic, Pha bended the smoke from the fire into the nostrils of the king and queen to knock them out, then she put their bodies in a bubble of water with their heads being the only things not covered, froze it and took it outside with her.
" we just got the news, during the earth prince's 13th birthday, the room burned, and the firefighters were able to retrieve most of the bodies, until now, there are only 2 people drawing breath, the earth prince's corpse have been found, and medics confirmed he's dead, the earth king and queen's bodies are nowhere to be seen, how did the fire start? and where are the king and queen? find the latest news at our station" announced a journalist, the earth citizens were bombarded by the news, no one could believe it, the earth prince died on his birthday? people were devastated, their last queen died because of Zahir, will this one face the same fate? and is the fire caused by someone, or by something? that would make a huge difference. a million questions popped into people's heads, and the news made it out to the rest of the nations fast, and rumors spread like crazy.
while the world was panicking, Yin and Akira were peacefully meditating
"it didn't take you long to open your chi paths huh, I'm not surprised, now that you freed the chi, could you control the chi? do as I say
you need to close your eyes, feel the energy rushing through your veins, feel your spirit, move, liberate yourself, let the spirit guide your movement. to bend the chi, you need to feel the chi"
back at Garasu no machi, the ground level minister just received the news, and got asked to tell the avatar as soon as possible
"I'm afraid the avatar won't be back for at least another month, that's what he told me, he never said where he was going, but I'm sure it's the spirit world. where exactly? I'm afraid I don't know. however, Garasu no machi would be more than happy to send 50% of its soldiers if the earth kingdom would ever need them" the minister told the earth kingdom messenger that came looking for the avatar, and with that, the messenger left.
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"oh, I actually felt the air around your forehead moving a little, I think you're getting there, a-ouch" Yin kneeled down, the earth necklace was making the area of his body it was situated on all ache a lot
"Yin, Yin, what's wrong?"
"the earth necklace, it's hurting a lot, aaaaouch, it's getting worse. the air is feeling heavy as well, I think I'm going to pass out, if I do, ignore me, keep training, I'll be awake soon
-the earth necklace? could that mean the earth kingdom is in danger (Akira)
-no, there's no way that's the case, all the jewelry have been hurting me the past 2 or more years, since bibending became a thing, they're still adapting to it (Yin)
-well, is there a way to confirm this has nothing to do with the earth kingdom? I'm getting a bit paranoid (akira)
-do I look like Jinora to you? I can't do any spiritual projection and go find out, I'm telling you, nothing is wrong, leave it at tha-" and before Yin could finish, he fainted
"I don't care, we're going back, better be safe than sorry... oh wait"
even if they wanted to go back, it will take them at least a week, if not more, the myen waste lands are no joke, you can't easily get out of them. Akira shook Yin but he wasn't able to wake him up
"stay calm, don't freak out, breath" Akira kept repeating to himself, eventually he went back to focusing on his chi paths, and listened to what Yin told hi before he fainted
meanwhile, the earth kingdom was falling apart, Pha took the throne room and told the earth kingdom that if they attempt to attack her the earth king and queen will be done for, and she meant it, nation leaders tried to reason with her, from giving her absurd amounts of money to parts of the kingdom, they even tried to attack her and her friends but that was a big failure, she refused and resisted everything, saying that after executing her plan, which nobody knew yet, she'll leave herself. waiting for her to do what she had in mind didn't seem like a good idea.