Avatar: Mage of All Elements

You should have seen their faces. Confusion and disbelief. It's amusing, but I don't want to be feared. Anyway, I attended the lessons Zuko gave Aang. Azula was almost always there. That's when the fun started. If Azula could use magic or just fight, their argument would have been settled long ago. But no, she couldn't, and

Zuko knew that, so he tolerated it and snapped at her, but there was nothing he could do about it. Two weeks of teaching had turned into two weeks of hell for him. He would probably never teach anyone again.

With each passing day, Azula's condition improved. Her hands were almost back to normal and she began to develop them. She was also doing exercises and light exercises. I couldn't speed up her recovery yet, nor did I need to. All the qi channels had recovered a bit, and she was running energy through them as well. At the end of the treatment, she needs to be cleansed. I know the technique. But not now.

«Yoko, go eat», Soka called.

Now I was a bit away from the camp, practicing flame control. It was dangerous, so I had to go far away.

«Coming!» I called, completing the circle of movements.

This is only the first step. The foundation. What the old man taught me back then practically destroyed the fire magician in me. I don't know why. Maybe his fundamentals were bad or wrong. But using his style, my source hardened, and if I did it right, it should have faded away in a few years.

Now I was doing my own style, using the dragon movements as a base. And I liked what I was doing. I put all my knowledge into it. Everything. The anatomy of the past world and this world, the knowledge of qi, the school of earth and water, the Kyoshi style. I've used all of that to supplement the Dragon style. I don't know what I'll get, but to create it I have to go far away so as not to hurt anyone.

However, that kind of power comes with a price, and in this case, it's time. This style is too cumbersome. It's too bulky. But the view that opens up after you master it is amazing. It would take me about thirty years to master it. This is despite the fact that I mastered the other elements in five years.

I finished the circle, balanced my breathing and went to the sea, almost to the shore, rinsed myself and took my clothes out of the water. A moment to remove the moisture from them, to dry and warm up, and here I am, clean and dry. One minute and I'm at the table.

«What's good?» I ask, rubbing my hands together.

«Fish stew», Soka says, flaming with enthusiasm.

After all, he was the one cooking tonight. But judging by the grimaces on everyone else's faces, they didn't share his enthusiasm.

After the food had been divided into bowls, we began to eat. It was surprisingly good. Except that Katara kept looking at me.

«Yoko, is it true that you have blood magic?» asked Katara, causing everyone to freeze, only Soka slapped his forehead with the palm of his hand.

«How did you come to such a conclusion?» I asked seriously. This knowing is like a trump card.

«Soka said», Katara said shyly. I looked at him and raised my eyebrows.

«It was just a guess», he said nervously. And I still had a puzzle I didn't want to put together.

«A very interesting assumption, considering I only know two users of this magic», I narrowed my eyes, realizing something, «That would be me and my mother. And I didn't teach you this. So you've seen it. But judging by your reaction, you figured it out a long time ago, but you didn't tell me. So I'm going to ask you just once. WHERE IS MY MOM?»

«She's in prison», Toph said in surprise.

«Where?» I asked, more than a little upset. Hadn't she suffered enough in her life? This again?

«The Land of Fire. A small village between Omashu and Yu Dao. I think it's called Kom. We gave her to the locals because she kidnapped them and kept them in a cave.»

«I see», I stood up and walked towards the sea.

«Wait, you don't know exactly where she is», Katara shouted. I turned around and looked at her.

«She spent most of her life imprisoned by the Fire Nation because she's a mage. The only good thing that prison gave her was me», I looked around at everyone, «And now she's back in prison. I can't sit here knowing that she's locked up there again», I turned and added, «Stay here, I still have to heal Azula.»

A pulse and a surfboard of nothing but compacted earth jumped into my hands. Another and I was thrown into the sea. Now I was using a slightly different way of moving through the water. If before I had saved my strength, now I was squeezing everything out of me.

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«What an asshole», Soka said, immediately getting a shove from Katara.

«You have no idea how big he is», Toph said, «If I hadn't stepped in, he would have beaten the answer out of you. Before that, I had no idea a man's heart could beat so fast.»

«I think so», he twitched, «I saw his eyes. And they were burning red. It's just scary.»

«If she's been harmed, this village is doomed», Azula remarked casually,

There was silence. Only Soka, Toph and Zuko realized that he would do it. And in the worst case, the whole Fire Nation could be taken with Ozai at the helm.

«We have to stop him», Soka said, twitching at the not-so-happy prospect.

«How?» said Zuko, «Have you seen his speed?»

«We have Appa and we know where the village is», Aang ventured after a moment's thought. If Yoko got separated, Ki would say, «We'll fly there and find out Hama's fate.»

«What are you so afraid of?» Azula asked sarcastically, «He's alone. And the fact that he has the three elements is certainly surprising, that's all….»