Chapter 94 - Chapter 96

Dragon was on his mountain as always and practising air bending. He wanted to know if element bending had any limits to it. But so far he had not found it.

He would start by moving very slowly and feeling the changes in the air. Then he would do a gradual increase in speed until the wind speed around the mountain itself increased. He would increase the wind speed so much that a normal person couldn't walk the path up the mountain without being pushed off. And he believed that air bending if mastered completely could be the most dangerous one.

'I still need to come in contact with the spirit world. Gyatso said that he couldn't assist in that, so the question is, how do I do it?' Dragon's arms were moving very rapidly around his body while he was spinning his entire body.

'oh, they arrived.' Dragon started to slow down because he felt the presence of two people arriving at the mountain path.

Dragon sat down in the centre and waited for Gyatso and the legendary Avatar to arrive. He had been told that this boy did not know he was the Avatar. He was just under the impression that he was here for regular martial arts training.

"Good morning, Temple Guardian." Gyatso and a little bald boy arrived at the top after a while. Gyatso looked like his usual self. But the boy had that childish excitement oozing off him already.

"Do not call me that, I have a name, so use it please." He sighed at Gyatso's persistence in calling him by his title.

"Let me introduce you to one of our new air nomads. This is Aang. Introduce yourself to the Temple Guardian." Gyatso nudged Aang forward and laughed to himself. One of Gyatso's favourite things to pass the time was to tease Dragon.

"My name is Aang and I'm three years old. That's this much!" Aang held up his hand and showed four fingers with a bright smile.

Gyatso reached down and readjusted Aang's fingers so it showed three. Dragon smiled warmly at the scene, and it reminded him of Naruto's early days when he was still living at the orphanage.

"It is nice to meet you, young Aang. My name is Portgas D Dragon. You can call me Dragon if you want." Dragon walked up to the young boy and bent down to face him. And because of Dragon's massive size, Aang backed off at first. But Gyatso held him in place.

"I am just a big softy, so you do not have to be afraid of me." Dragon reached out his hand and held it in place. It required some help from Gyatso, but Aang eventually shook hands with Dragon.

"Do you have w-wings?" Aang asked with a slight stutter because his speech wasn't fully developed yet.

"No, Dragon is just my name. I am not an actual dragon." He showed his back to Aang and pointed.

"See, no wings on me." He smiled and stood back up, before looking at Gyatso.

"Any more children you want me to train? Or is this enough?"

"We can handle the rest. You just need to take care of this little trouble maker." Gyatso said and got the stink-eye from Aang.

"I am not a troublemaker. I am nice!" Aang said and puffed up his chest.

"Whatever you say. But listen here, Aang. As I explained before, as long as you are on this mountain, what the temple guardian says goes. Obey him and these lessons will be over before you know it." Gyatso said and now he also got the stink-eye from Dragon.

"Will, you ever call me by my name again?"

"No. What would be the fun in calling you by your regular name?" Gyatso smiled and stepped back, away from Aang and most of all Dragon.

"It would be a shame if you fell off the mountain on your way back." Dragon said and stared right into Gyatso's eyes.

"I would have to be quite clumsy for that to happen." Gyatso smiled and stepped back even further.

"Indeed..." Dragon said and retracted his gaze after a while and turned his attention over to his new student.

"Okay, Aang, come here and stand next to me." Dragon said with his back turned against both of them. Aang did as he was told, and now Dragon and Aang stood with their backs turned against Gyatso.

"Follow my movement." And Dragon started moving in what looked like slow motion to make sure Aang could follow.

The boy struggled to follow so Dragon had to stop multiple times to readjust Aang's stance.

What they were doing wasn't anything air bending related. This would help with balance when moving around fighting. Introducing air bending to Aang was Gyatso's duties. Dragon would just help the boy get familiar with combat.

"Now punch the air as hard as you can," Dragon said and Aang nodded. He punched out while standing in a horse stance. Dragon and Gyatso saw a small change in the air around his arm.

'Avatar indeed. three years old and the elements already like him.' Dragon smiled while observing the boy standing there throwing punches.

"Aang continue doing that. I will go and talk with Gyatso."

"Yes, T-Teacher!" Aang yelled with childish enthusiasm.

'What an energetic child,' Dragon shook his head and laughed to himself. He walked over to Gyatso and sat down beside him.

"I made my decision finally. I will be leaving in two years." Gyatso didn't look surprised. He just kept his smile going.

"Am I right in guessing that you are going to discover the other elements?"

"Correct. And I also plan to find out what my mysterious fifth colour is."

"Then I can say nothing but good luck." Gyatso and Dragon had become very good friends. Gyatso nor Dragon needed to say a lot for their feelings to be understood.

"Thank you. Now, I should stop neglecting my student." Dragon stood up again and dusted himself off.

"Yes, you should." Gyatso smiled and closed his eyes to meditate until the training was over.

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