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Memories from Western Airtemple	By : DarthAnimus Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > AU/AR - Alternate Universe/Alternate Reality > Slash - Male/Male Views: 16187 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Memories from Western Air Temple
Chapter 7
Reasons and Motivations

Zuko felt awfully uncomfortable when he stood a short distance away from Aang. They were just about to start their first actual firebending lesson and Aang was observing him intently, almost greedily. Now that look Zuko could handle; it was the murderous one behind him that gave him problems.

Earlier the same morning, when Zuko had announced that Aang would start firebending that day, Katara had insisted that she came to watch the session. And she was clearly ready to attack Zuko the instant he did something wrong. The Duke had also come but the boy was merely there to see Zuko’s fighting, since the boy seemed to admire the firebender for reason unknown to the teen.

Still, because of the audience Zuko felt like a fish out of water and was starting to consider cutting the lesson short. But the truth was that Zuko would never do that; he would not disappoint Aang when the boy had been looking so much forward to this.

It was an awfully hot day and Zuko would have normally taken off his shirt before starting exercises, but the prince was not about to expose himself in front of Katara, pardon his modest upbringing. Zuko comforted himself by thinking that he would be taking a dip in the river down below when this was over and done with.

“How long do you think it will be before I will be shooting lighting out of my fingertips?” Aang questioned suddenly and Zuko faltered in the middle of taking his firebending stance. He turned his face to the boy and glowered at him in a manner that had the Avatar looking slightly nervous and growled out: “I wouldn’t know. I don’t know how to do that.”

Intently ignoring the sounds coming from Katara at that admission Zuko turned his eyes away from Aang so that the boy would not see the intense look of displeasure on his face that would have been directed at Katara if Zuko had wanted to start a fight. But he really did not wish to start fighting with the waterbender so he took a deep breath before offering: “I can teach you how to redirect lightning, however, and that is a very useful technique against the Fire Lord.” Zuko had taken an avoidance to calling Ozai his father for reasons he was not about to investigate just yet. There were more important matters to deal with now.

“Okay”, Aang said with an eager nod. “We will be doing fireballs today then?”

Zuko hummed an affirmation and then took the stance, waiting for Aang to mimic him before starting to speak: “Whenever creating a flame you will need to breathe out. Fire is the only element where you have to create your weapon yourself and it is also the one most difficult to control.” There was a sound from Aang, indicating that the boy was listening. “The flame you control needs to be breathed to life, in a sense. That is why controlling the breathing is so important to firebending.”

“What about when I’m trying to push back flames?” Aang questioned then. “Will I need to breathe out then as well or do I have to take a breath instead?”

“It doesn’t matter”, Zuko replied and could not help but smile at the way Aang displayed an open curiosity by asking questions. It made Zuko feel like Aang truly was interested in what he had to teach and it made the prince feel good about himself.

“Now, watch what I do”, Zuko instructed. “You pull your fist back while breathing in.” Zuko showed the motion with his hand. “And then you strike out while breathing out.” Punching empty air, Zuko sent out a volley of flames that dissipated quickly. He turned to Aang and finished: “Do it slowly at first. Give the movements a few practise rounds before trying to actually create a flame.”

Aang was nodding his head furiously throughout the time Zuko gave these instructions and the firebender smiled to himself in amusement before speaking out: “Go ahead and give it a try.”

With one last nod Aang’s face gained a serious, concentrated expression and the boy moved his arm back on forth, breathing in the rhythm of the movement and trying to get the timing to match perfectly. Watching this process for a couple of more minutes Zuko said: “Try to create a flame this time around.”

There was a moment of hesitation from Aang before the boy nodded slowly and closed his eyes as he breathed out a deep sigh. Then the Avatar turned serious once more and moved his fist quickly and purposefully, bringing bright flames out in a stream. An incredibly wide and happy smile came to Aang’s face and the boy turned his face towards Zuko in an expectant manner. Knowing that the airbender was probably waiting for praise Zuko nodded his head in approval and said: “That was great, Aang, perfect.”

The next thing Zuko knew was that he had been tackled to the ground and that his lap was full of an excited Avatar. Feeling his face heat up Zuko quickly placed his hands on Aang’s shoulders and started to push in an effort to get the other to stand up, all the while yelling: “That was just one move, you dork! We have a whole lot to do before you’re as much as done for the day!” Never mind the need to train, Zuko also wanted the other off of him because of his strange new desire to pull the boy even closer. He was not that affection-starved!

“Fine, fine”, Aang finally mumbled in a deflated manner. “But when I get everything right I’m going to get a hug.” There was nothing about the statement that was open for discussion. The tone was simply so deadpan that Zuko had to wonder if Aang did everything according to such reward-based motivations. But, then again, was Zuko not doing all of this because of some kind of a merit that waited in the distant future? As soon as Aang became a master of all four elements this war would come to a stop and the forces battling in Zuko’s soul would finally leave him be. And that was a goal Zuko intended to reach, no matter what it took.

To be continued...
Ending Notes: I'd like to thank Mia for the lovely review I received for the previous chapter. I hope this story lives up to your expectations.
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