The Honeymoon Trips
Chapter 10
Written by rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman

The list of characters mentioned in this story belong to the various authors that created them. This is a fan-fiction story.

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Aang, Brianna and I turn around and walk back to the building. But then, Aang makes a right turn in the trail to another trail. Soon, we see the outdoor training area complex.

“Aang, I will be teaching Brianna the beginning moves for the Shaolin white sash. So, I will need time set aside for that.”

“That is no problem, Richard. We’ll incorporate that into the teaching today. We need to get her mind geared up to do the beginning air bending movements as well. I will get a new challenge as well to teach your fairies. The idea of teamwork to do the air element bending is rare for the air bender. It usually is done alone. There are teamwork lessons when learning the next three element bending techniques, however.”

“I think I know why, Aang. If two tornados are generated from two different air benders, the clash could cancel the tornados out.”

“That’s one of the reasons, Richard. I’ll show you what else can happen when we send a tornado at each other. Creating the mini tornado in your hand is a good sign that you can do more. You’ll need to take off your armor and get into your training clothes. Brianna, do you have any workout clothes with you?”

“I do not, Aang. Are there women sizes here?”

Aang smiles, “The Northern and Southern Air Temples are for the men. The Eastern and Western Air Temples are for the women. The men get buffeted by the cold air, while the women are in the warm air.”

Brianna smiles back, “Aha! That explains it for the men. The cold air will keep your libido in check.”

Aang smiles again, “That is one of the reasons, Brianna. Of course, it is for modesty’s sake and respect for the other gender.”

Brianna smiles again, “Of course. But, Richard is an exception, he is dual gender. I wouldn’t mind if he keep his male libido side in check this week. It will all be the better for us in bed the next week.”

I feign a smile and a look of astonishment, “Gee, thanks for that vote of confidence.”

Then we all break out into giggles and laughter, including my fairies.

We walk over to an area that has several stone benches on the edge of the training field. “I think I can help out Brianna with a set of work clothes. It will be from the dojo in Charlotte, NC. First I need to contact my attorney.” I take out my contact crystal in my pocket and hold it in my hand. I think of Anna Dawson’s video cell phone number. Soon an image of Anna Dawson appears above me.

“Is that you, Richard?”

“Yes it is, Anna. I am on the Avatar world right now.”

“That’s great. I can’t wait to hear your stories. What do you need for me to do?”

“You’re perceptive as always, Anna. I need for you to make a purchase for a dojo outfit from the Peaceful Dragon. Brianna needs it to work out here. She is starting this week.”

“That is no problem Richard. What is your size, Brianna?”

Brianna steps to my side. “I am 5'5". I think a medium will do, Anna.”

“That sounds about right. Are you going to use magic to get it there, Richard?”

“I am, Anna. I will leave a note in place of it.”

“They will be surprised to see the note. It’s good to see you both again. Take care until we meet again at the cabin.”

“See you then, Anna.”

The image disappears from in front of me. I put the crystal back into the pocket. I open the satchel and take out a note pad and pen. I write a short note to my sensei at the Peaceful Dragon.

To the Peaceful Dragon and Sensei Chou.

Brianna and I are having a wonderful honeymoon. We’ll see you when we get back and do a show and tell in what we learned, especially with the second element. My attorney is making the purchase for another dojo outfit for my wife. I am teaching her the moves for the white sash. She was tested here by the element test. She has the potential to do at least four of the elements. That also includes my fairies.

Your student and friend, Richard Moore.

I fold it up and place it in my hand, the palm upward. I concentrate on it and the destination, the store room at the Peaceful Dragon. In a blink of an eye, a folded up dojo outfit appears in my hand in place of the note.

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Sensei Chou opens the closet door to retrieve a dojo for the next student. He sees the note and picks it up to read it. He smiles at seeing the familiar handwriting.

“Yes, I can’t wait to see what you have learned in doing the water bending element, my young dragon.”

He folds up the note and the dojo. He walks into his office and puts the note on the desk. He walks back out to greet the latest student to the Peaceful Dragon dojo.

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“That is amazing, Richard. I never thought it possible that magic could go that far. Are there others like you on your world?”

“I don’t know, Aang. I know there are traces of magic left on my world. Some of them can only use it locally. If and when Brianna and I are crowned, I know I will have to keep it hidden from the people. The people won’t expect someone like me to come along. Once my reign is over with, I will need to separate myself from that circle of influence and do my work in secret as best as I can.”

“I see. What are the age ranges on your world?”

“Most people will live up to 60 years. It is not unheard of for people to live into their 70s and 80s. The rare ones are in the 90 to 120 age ranges. There are very few that will reach 120,but you must live a very good life and eat the right foods.”

“That’s interesting. Our age range can double that easily. The maximum age is 300 years, and those are rare. So, that means, your women become pregnant in the early part of their ages.”

Brianna speaks up, “That’s right, Aang. The average child bearing age is in the twenties. Some have occurred as young as 15. That is too young, if you ask me. They are still in school. The oldest age that a child was born is 57. I wouldn’t dare push it to that age. The ideal range is 20 to 35 years.”

“Hmm . . . that means, on average, your life span is shorter. Well, you can change your clothes over there.” Aang points to a door way opening to his right. “You’ll find another door in the hallway. Open the second door on your left. It is a changing area for the senior leaders. There is a warm mineral spa in another room within it.”

“Oooh . . . I like that very much.” Brianna takes the dojo clothes from my hands. She walks toward the doorway and enters the hallway. She opens the door and immediately feels the warm air from the spa inside. She quickly changes clothes into the dojo outfit. She opens another satchel to retrieve a towel if she should need it on the field. She puts on her tennis shoes and walks back out to the training field.

I recite the spell to quickly take off my armor and place it near the concrete bench with my satchel. In the same instant, my dojo clothes appear on me as well.

My fairies hover near us, as Brianna and I stand side by side looking at Aang.

“The first thing we need to do is start teaching the basic moves to Brianna and your fairies, Richard. After an hour of that we’ll focus on the beginning air bending moves.”

I start teaching the beginning moves to Brianna. My fairies follow along as well. They do it while hovering in the air. After an hour for Brianna, we stop to get our breath ready for the next phase.

Brianna speaks up once she has learned the moves. “Those are some interesting moves, Richard. I could have certainly used some of them to defend myself against the attackers.”

“But, they had the numbers. More than likely you would have made them madder and could have you hurt some more. Eventually, you’ll learn how to face multiple attackers.”

“Sigh . . . okay. I see what you are saying.”

Aang speaks up, “That is true, Brianna. After you learn how to defend yourself against one attacker, then the lesson continues as the number of attackers is increased. When you face two or more attackers, you have to be very alert as to who makes the next move. It is a step by step process. Okay, now let’s try some beginning air bending techniques. Hold up your right hand, Brianna.”

Aang and I raise up our hands. Brianna copies my movement.

“Now, look within yourself. You can close your eyes for the first time so you can look within yourself.”

Brianna closes her eyes.

“Now, look within and see your energy flowing throughout your body.”

“What energy should I be looking for?”

“It is called the chi, Brianna. It is your inner energy that gives you peace and strength at the same time.”

“Okay.” Brianna looks within herself. She searches for it. Soon she sees a spark within herself. “I see a small spark within myself.”

“That’s good, Brianna. Now concentrate on it. Feed it with whatever is available within you. It could be confidence. It could be your love for Richard. For you, you need to feed it with your emotions. I know they can be complex, but it must be one at a time. If you over feed it, we must help you calm down so it won’t overwhelm you.”

“I think I know what you are saying. I surely don’t want to feed my anger at it.”

“That is a must, Brianna. Don’t feed it with your anger. You will get some disastrous results. Once you find that peaceful state, twist your hand like you saw Richard have done it.”

“Okay.” She looks at the spark again. She feeds it with her love for Richard. The flame gets bigger. Feeling more confident now, she feeds the flame with her love for her parents. The flame gets bigger again. This time she feeds it with the love from the animals she has met so far. All of sudden the flame gets very large. She tempers it, so it won’t go out of control. Once she has it under control, she twists her hand. A small tornado appears in her palm. She feels the air current. She opens her eyes slowly. She smiles when she sees the results.

We all have big smiles on our faces. My fairies try the same thing, too. They think of their love for me and Brianna. Quickly they feel themselves filled up as the tiny flame gets bigger and brighter. Each of them gives a twist in their hands. Quickly, small tornados appear in their hands. They open their eyes to see the results.

“That’s great everyone. I knew you could do it. Now keep it in your hand as you walk farther apart. You are going to try and make them bigger and smaller. You can use the other hand if you want to.”

We get farther apart. We put our other hand near it. We continue to concentrate on the mini tornado. We move the hands apart. The mini tornado gets bigger. Then we move the hands back together. The mini tornado gets smaller.

“That’s great again. Now for the big lesson when two tornados meet each other.”

We make the mini tornados larger again. We send the mini tornados toward each other. Soon, the mini tornados are fighting each other as they bounce off of each other. We try to control it by concentrating on the tornados. Then all of a sudden, the tornados combine into one tornado and it gets bigger. I concentrate on it to control it. I bring it toward my hand. The tornado comes closer to me. Then I bring the hands apart quickly to disperse the tornado into the air.

“That’s incredible. That is rare to see them combine together. What were you thinking when you combined them?”

“I think we had to be of one mind or in agreement, Aang.”

“I see. That would be very important for two air benders to work together.
Now, Richard. We are going to create a tornado around ourselves. We will use it as a shield against multiple attackers. Then once that is done, we’ll fly up inside the tornado to make it a pillar tornado. We’ll come close to each other while we still try to control it. The problem is the surrounding vortex of wind from the pillar tornado. Sometimes it can twist out of control. We’ll try to wrap it around each other to create a helix pillar. Keep your wings within your body.”

“Okay, Aang.”

Aang holds his closed glider in his hand. Then I see Aang bends down and spins quickly to create a tornado around himself. I do the same thing as well. I point my arm toward the ground and create a tornado around myself as well. We then the let the inner currents lift us up higher. Soon we each create a tall twisting pillar tornado. We come closer and let the pillars interact with each other.

The tornados slowly come together. Sometimes a bend in the tornados jerks toward each other. Slowly, we create a twisting helix tornado. Then we feel the strength from the two tornados combined together.

Aang yells out loud, “This is great, Richard. I have always wanted to try this. I knew it had to be someone who has a strong will like mine. Now the tornados are stronger. We can do almost anything with it as a team. Aim one hand at that target on the opposite side of the field. Shoot a fist size tunnel of wind at it. I’ll aim for the one on the left.”

I yell out loud, “Okay, Aang.”

We aim our hand toward the targets. Quickly a fist size tunnel of twisting wind is emitted from the hand toward the target. It arrives there very quickly. It splinters the wooden target into pieces. Everyone smiles at each other.

“Okay, now that we are up here. We’ll let the tornados shoot us out of the pillars. I’ll use my glider and you can use your wings to get back down to the ground.”

“Okay, Aang.”

We let the force of air shoot us out of the pillars. As soon as we do that, the tornados quickly dissipate into the air. Aang opens his glider and glides back down to the ground. I extend my feathered wings and do the same thing.

We all laugh together at what we accomplished together.

“I have always wanted to try that. I will certainly write it down in the scrolls for any future Avatar that might need that technique. Thank you, Richard.”

“You’re welcome, Aang.”

“Now, let’s walk over to the circular panels. I’ll show you how it works. It is a lesson in control.”

We walk over to the round stone roof. We see the hanging stone panels. It is exactly the one that is shown in the first movie. Aang stands in the middle of the platform. He spins around quickly to evenly spread out the panels and makes them flat. He has created a wall around himself. He then swings his arm upward to repel an imaginary attacker. Two panels quickly swing outward and swings back. With another movement of his arm and hand he is able to turn the panels so they are turned ninety degrees and you can see inside the circle. Then with another arm movement, he pushes the panels so they are all flat against each other.

“Now you try it, Richard. We’ll even let your fairies try it as a team effort after you. Brianna, you must try it as well.”

“Okay, Aang.”

I step into the middle of the platform. Aang steps out of the platform and onto the ground. I try the same movements. It was a little slow in the beginning. Once I got the hang of it, I was able to duplicate Aang’s demonstration.

Everyone claps their hands and cheers me on. Then my fairies get into the middle of the platform. They realize this time a team effort must be used. They quickly fly around in a circle. They quickly spread out the stone panels and make them flat. Then two of them are able to kick out one stone panel by doing a somersault in the air. Then each pair of fairies does the same in another section around the perimeter. Everyone likes the results they are seeing. Then with another movement of acting together, they turn the panels ninety degrees and push them all to the side.

“We did it! Did you see that father, mother, Omega?”

“We all saw it, my fairies. That was great.”

“Now imagine when there are a thousand of us doing this. We’ll be a force to be reckoned with.”

“Don’t get too far ahead, my fairies. You’ll need to learn how to use those skills against the other element bending techniques.”

“That’s right, Richard. It is a different mentality when facing pieces of ground being tossed at you. Or water and fire being shot at you. You need to learn how to quickly create shields in front of you. Okay, Brianna. It is now your turn.”

“Okay, Aang.” Brianna walks into the center of the platform. She concentrates on what she saw earlier. Once she has it in her mind, she quickly unleashes the power of the air from her arms and hands. She easily repeats the demonstration. Once she has calmed down, she feels a bit light headed.

I see her legs wobble a bit. I run up to catch her. Aang and the fairies do the same thing as well. We set her down and let her sit on the stone floor of the platform.

“Oooh . . . that was little too much, too soon, Richard. I think it is how you felt when you used your wings to keep the flames back the first time.”

“That’s right, Brianna. You’ll work up to it. As you earn the Shaolin sashes, your mind will grow along with it.”

“I hope so.” She tries to stand up again. We escort her down from the platform. Bianca and Lavan are sitting on her shoulders to comfort her as she regains her breath and energy.

She sits down on a stone bench while she watches Aang and me continue our training together.

Aang and I continue with some more moves on the platform. We do several different combinations of protecting ourselves from attackers from different locations. Soon, I able to control the air bending very well just like how Aang controls it.

“That is great, Richard. You’re a fast learner. I really like that.”

“I applied it the same way when I earned the Shaolin sashes. I earned the purple sash two years earlier than most people earn it.”

“Aha . . . that explains your attitude. That is a very good attitude to have. Now you are going to create some air shields in front of you. I am going to shoot the four elements at you. It is up to you to figure out how to create that air shield without using your wings. After that, then I will test your fairies.”

“I understand, Aang.”

We walk back out to the training field. Aang walks down to a part of the field that has piles of loose dirt, rocks and small boulders. Also, there are two large tubs filled with water. “I’ll be down here, Richard. I have what I need here for this part of the exercise. You stand over there.” Aang points to where I will stand. I walk down half way of the training field. We turn to face each other. I estimate we are about one hundred and fifty feet apart.

Brianna and the fairies walk over the stone bench where our satchels are. They watch with intensity and hope I will do well.

“Before we start, Aang. I already have been put into a similar situation several years ago on Twainor.”

“That’s good, Richard. Remember that intensity.”

“Yes, Aang.”

Aang quickly moves his arm and hand at me. He shoots an air punch at me. Loose pieces of grass from the training field kick up and give me the clue that it is coming at me very fast. I quickly bring up my right arm in a counter clockwise circle. I create a shield of air in front of me.

Aang smiles at my reaction. Then he picks up the pace by using both arms and hands. He shoots multiple air punches at me and coming in from different angles. I quickly use both of my arms in a spinning motion. I quickly block his efforts to hit me. Once I feel a pause in his attack, I quickly do a crane wing slash at him. He quickly brings up his arm to block my attack.

I then do a low tiger slash along the ground. Then I do a high arching curve wind slash like doing a curve ball in baseball.

Aang sees the low blast coming at him. He quickly blocks it. From the loose grass in the air he sees the twisting and curving air punch coming at him. He quickly creates an air shield just in time.

We drop our hands as we smile at each other.

“I love it! I have never met someone who could evenly battle with me. This is testing me as much it is for you! Thank you, Richard!”

“You’re welcome, Aang.”

Then Brianna and the fairies cheer and clap their hands for the demonstration they are seeing.

“Okay, now for the water attack. Be ready for it. Not only can I move the water, I can also freeze it when I need to.”

“I see, so it can be double jeopardy as well.”

“That’s right, Richard.” Aang points his hands at the two water tubs. He concentrates on the water. Then he goes into a different set of arm and hand motions. They appear fluid in motion. Then the water rises out of the tubs at the same time. He removes two hand size water balls from the bulging water. The rest of the water moves back down into the tubs. He aims his hands at me. Quickly, the two water balls coming flying at me.

I quickly bring up my arms and hands in a circular motion. I create an air shield in front of me. The water blobs quickly break apart into smaller water droplets and fall to the ground.

“That’s good, Richard. Now, here it comes.”

He brings up many more water balls. He shoots them at me from all sides. I quickly create two air shields in front of me. I move the air shields around to block each hit. Just when I think he is done, something new happens around me.

He brings up the water droplets up from the ground and try to surround me with water. I quickly move my arms straight out from me. I quickly push the water away from me before it becomes enclosed around me. The water droplets come at me again. This time, I do spinning motion with my body. I create a tornado around me. I collect the water droplets into the tornado. Now I have control of the water. I quickly punch my hand through the wall of spinning water. A blob of water with the air punch, shoots at Aang. He quickly gets control of it before it hits him.

He smiles that I’m catching on fast.

I then do a double punch through the water tornado. I shoot all of the water and wind at him. He quickly brings up a water shield to protect himself. The water gets absorbed into his water shield. He then directs the water into the two tubs.

“That was great, Richard. You caught on fast on how to use your air bending to protect yourself and use the tornado to send the water back at me. You didn’t give me time to freeze the water around you.”

“Thank you, Aang.”

Again, Brianna and my fairies cheer that I was able to do that.

“Now for the earth bending.” He does some different arm and hand motions. He also includes some foot stomps to hit the ground. He points his hands at the loose rubble. Dirt and pebbles rise up from the ground. He quickly points his hands at me to shoot the dirt at me. I create an air shield in front of me. I quickly disperse the dirt and it falls to the ground.

But, just like with the water, the dirt rises up from the ground. I quickly do a twisting tornado around me. The dirt comes flying at me. I collect the dirt and create a dust and dirt tornado around me. I do the same thing in returning the dirt and rubble at him. He defends himself easily. I keep the tornado spinning around me while he lifts up the small boulders, the dirt and the loose rubble of pebbles. He quickly sends them toward me.

As soon as it gets near, I get a new idea. I extend up the tornado a little higher into the air. I let the top opening of the tornado catch the boulders. Soon we see them hovering up there and spinning up there.

Aang smiles that I was able to create a new move. I then curve the tornado toward Aang. Aang gets ready for what I am about to do. I quickly shoot the boulders, the dirt and rubble at Aang like a cannon. He quickly sets up a tornado around himself. He quickly does the same thing that I did. He catches the boulders with the top part of his tornado. Once he has gained control of it, he breaks the tornado down and lets the boulders , the dirt and rubble fall back down to the ground.

“That was great, Richard! I love it! I am getting excited by this challenge we are setting up for each other. And you have yet to learn the other element bending techniques.”

“You’re welcome, Aang!”

“Okay, now for the last one, fire. After this, it is Brianna and your fairies turn.”

He does a different set of arm, hands, body and leg motions this time. Two sets of flames come out from his hands. But we can see he is not hurt at all. My fairies hope they can do the same thing as well.

He then creates large arches of fire streams in a circular motion around himself. It is just like how I saw it on the videos once when the dragons air danced around Zuko and Aang. I get my air shields up before me.

He shoots out two streams of fire at me. I quickly block the hit. He comes at me from several different angles. I block them all. I then try for something new. I quickly generate a tornado in my hand. I move it about the field quickly. It collects any water that is in the ground. I bring it back to me quickly. I bring the misty tornado around me.

Aang smiles that I’m trying something new. He sends several streams of fire at me. One of the flames hits the misty tornado. There is a reaction of steam as the fire hits the misty tornado. I then blow the other streams of fire away from me.

He ends the fire streams and puts the fire out from his hands.

“That’s great, Richard. You used water in your tornado to defend yourself. Until you learned the fire bending techniques, don’t let the fire get absorbed into your tornado. It will become very hot and unbearable for you. When you learn the fire bending element, you will learn ways how to keep yourself cool.”

“I hope so, Aang.”

“Okay, Brianna. Are you ready?”

“I hope so, Aang.”

“Don’t worry about it. I will send small amounts of water, dirt and fire at you. I just want to see your reaction with each one.”

“Okay, Aang.”

Aang brings up two small water balls. Brianna brings up an air shield in front of her. Aang aims his hands toward Brianna. The water balls hit the air shield and quickly break apart. Aang then goes for one more toss of the water balls. This time they are coming from opposite sides of her. She quickly creates two air shields and blocks the water balls with no problems. Aang quickly gathers up the water droplets and return them to the water tubs.

This tactic is done again for the earth and fire as well. Soon, Brianna gets the idea of what is going on. She is more at ease using the air shield around herself.

We all clap and cheer that Brianna is able to protect herself better. Brianna and I quickly hug each other. My fairies stay on the training field while we walk back to the stone benches.

This time, Aang realizes it is going to be a team effort to protect themselves. My fairies quickly create several air shields around them. They get the same results as I did. They are able to control the water and earth very easily with their air shields and tornado. However, when it comes to the fire, Shiri and Levi quickly change into dragon butterflies. They quickly gain control of the fire streams and return them back to Aang.

Aang quickly regains control of the fire streams as they come back to him. He smiles and laughs as he ends the fire streams from his hands.

“Hah, hah, hah, . . . I forgot they could change into dragon butterflies. But that was an excellent demonstration of control. Thank you.”

Levi and Shiri quickly change back into fairies. They all respond together, “Thank you and your welcome, Aang.”

“Well it is time for the evening repast. Get yourselves cleaned up and change clothes. I know I’m sweating really well now.”

“Thank you, Aang. Can we have our meal after a dip in the warm mineral spa?”

“Yes, by all means do so. There are several warm mineral spas in this complex. I’ll meet you back at our dining room area.”

“Okay, Aang.”

My fairies land on our shoulders and head to rest while we walk to the warm mineral spa where Brianna changed clothes earlier. We see the water steaming above it. I bring our clothing satchels to us by magic from the room where we’ll be sleeping tonight. I set up my fairies’ water shower with the curtain around it. I set their towels and soap pieces near by. They get behind it and quickly get themselves clean. Brianna and I get undressed and enter the water naked. We just soak our bodies in the water and let the warm water soothe our tired muscles. We put our arms around each other and relax. Once my fairies are clean, they sit near us as well.

“That was great my fairies. You did really well.”

“Thank you, father, mother, Omega. You and Brianna did very well as well. Now it is time to learn the water bending element tomorrow.”

“Yes, it will be very interesting and something new to learn.”

After about fifteen minutes of being in the warm water, we get out and put on gee clothes again. I get everything packed up and back into the respectful satchels. Brianna and I pickup the armor pieces and carry them back to the main building where we are eating and have our rooms. Once we drop off the armor and the satchels, we join our hosts in the dining room. I carry my fairy’s satchel with me to the dining room.

We see the earth benders are letting the air bisons graze on the grass in the landing area.

We see a large array of different foods this time. I set the fairy’s satchel down next to where we are sitting. We try the different vegetables they have. They are very tasty and good to eat. My fairies make several more cups of sugar water to drink while they eat the berries and nuts in the satchel.

We get done in about a half hour. The earth benders are impressed with how we are progressing in learning the air bending techniques. They said I will be an excellent fighter once I have learned them all.

After saying the evening thanks to the Creator, we step outside to watch the sunset. We are treated to a beautiful display of color changes in the clouds. We see streaks of different colored rays of light as the sun peeps around the clouds. Once the sun sets, we see the stars come out in full brightness. We clap our hands that we get to witness another beautiful day on the Avatar world.

We then walk back to our rooms to sleep the night away. I set up the fairy’s blankets and pillows on several blankets that we brought in the satchels. We get under the covers to get a great night of sleep to restore our energy for the next day.