Chapter 116 - Chapter 118

The Earth Kingdom incorporated an entire continent, and on this extensive piece of land, there were cities that stood responsible for the army protecting the continent. And inside the borders of the Earth Kingdom, also lied this worlds biggest desert. This continent had some of the most unique and beautiful geographical locations in the world. And under the blazing sun, inside the Earth Kingdoms massive desert, a spatial crack appeared in the air. And out walked Dragon with confident steps.

"So I finally broke free, huh, Vaatu." Dragon said out loud as he looked around the massive desert.

'Of course. I told you spirit bending is much more powerful than humans think.' The familiar malevolent voice sounded out inside his head.

"But spatial travel. That's pretty powerful." He stretched his body since he felt he had been sitting in one place for years.

"Manipulating cosmic energy. The possibilities with spirit bending are close to unlimited. It's all on you to figure out how to do now. My connection to chaos is almost gone. I need to go into a deep sleep for the next few years or so. So you are on your own until I am done.' Vaatu said. He wasn't much of a conversationalist so he immediately went into sleep, a perk of being a spirit.

'Okay. This is perfect, now that he can't hear me, hopefully at least, I can do this again. Are you there, System?' Dragon called out to the thing he hadn't used in many years.

[I am, host. What is it you require of me?] A robotic voice appeared inside his mind again.

'I have a few last requests. Ever since I became this, what I am today, I have been living with a fake name. I have not been myself. That shall change today. I want to use divine energy to change my name in the multi-verse. I want to bear the name that I bore before my reincarnation. Make it happen, name me Portgas D. Amell to all known universes. And place me inside the Portgas D family. Since I like it so much it would be a shame not to take advantage of this opportunity.'

He spoke his wishes to the system, and a pulsation headache came over him, indicating that the changes were happening. The more people that knew about him, the more intense the pain would be, so now he was experiencing pain like no other.

[It is done, Host. The host has become a member of the Portgas family. The system took the liberty of hiding your last name so the host can choose when to reveal his ties to the Portgas family.] The system said and its voice went silent again.

"This feels too good. Amell once again walks among the living." He said to himself as he started laughing to himself. This was something he was afraid of changing because his bond with his family and friends would seem fake. but now that he finally took this step it felt more real than ever, since this was his true name, and now Sylvia was finally gonna live with the real him. He felt excited to meet her again, and he longed to meet his family again, hug them and talk to them. He yearned for it.

"I really need to master spatial travel. It's very different than before. But nothing beats some good ol practice." He smiled brightly.

Amell swiped his right hand vertically in front of him and a crack in space appeared. He took a step inside and the hole in space closed and he was gone from the area.

Inside a dark cave with no light source, he appeared. "Well, this is not right. I wanted to travel a few meters, this could very well be in the fire nation. I definitely need more practice in this." Amell sighed and looked around the cave, it was dark but the darkness didn't hinder him in any way. Amell bowed down and closed his eyes, and then he struck the ground with one finger very lightly, and the whole cave system showed itself to him. This was the seismic sense that he first got a glimpse of on his mountain during his two-year stay with the air nomads. After years of practice, he finally mastered it and named it since he didn't know of it previously being used.

"Why is there a child here?" Amell looked up, and his eyes locked onto a tiny form in a tunnel above his own. He waved his hand and the ground above him opened up and he flew up through the hole in the roof above his head.

Inside a tunnel in this cave, a small blind human girl crawled around carefully. She was somewhere between sacred and excited. This was the longest she had ever been from home, and it was also the most fun she had ever had. Suddenly a hole opened up in front of her and as she was unaware of it, she put her hand inside it, thinking there would be more ground to step on. She lost balance and started to fall, this was until a hand caught her wrist and lifted her up again.

"What are you doing here, little lady?" Amell asked while carefully placing her on the ground again. He didn't wanna hurt her, or accidentally send her to outer space through a spatial crack.

"Exploring," She said in childlike wonder. She didn't seem concerned about being picked up by a random person, she actually sounded more excited about it.

"Do your parents know that you are in a big scary cave?" Amell said, trying not to sound too much like a parent.

"I'm in a cave!?" She said and her excitement grew even more. And it was at this point, Amell knew he messed up.

"Come, let me take you back home." He said and tried to take her hand to lead her out. But the little girl strongly refused.

"NO! No fun at home, show me more!" She demanded, determined not to go home.

"hm, quite the stubborn child you are. I will show you something cool if you tell me your name." Amell said, using rewards to prompt answers out of her.

"Toph. Now you need to show me something cool!" She demanded and yelled in his direction.

"Okay, stay still." Amell moved a finger and the ground underneath Toph raised itself.

"Wow, the earth is moving by itself. Incredible! Teach me!" Toph now said in her most stubborn and demanding tone. She crawled forward without fear and fell off the pillar he had raised. Amell caught her mid-air, but his heart still skipped a beat when she just simply walked off the pillar.

"Are you sure you can do it, little lady?" He said in a teasing tone. Toph not understanding she was being teased, tried to stand up straight with an angry expression, only to fall down because of temporary loss of her sense of balance.

"I was just teasing you, little lady. No need to look so mad, calm down and I will teach something useful. It's something I encountered a few years ago when I was learning earth bending. I named it Seismic Sense." Amell said, clearly proud of his discovery.

"Teach me! I wanna move the ground too!" Toph said, and now she sat with crossed legs instead of trying to stand.

"Okay." He took Toph's hand in his own and placed it on the ground. "Feel the earth." He said slowly as he dragged her hand across the ground. "All you have to do is feel the earth." He let go off her hand and let her continue it on her own.

The truth was that when he saw her with his own eyes, he noticed that Toph's connection to the earth element was unlike anything he had ever seen. With proper training, she could easily be the youngest Grandmaster ever.

"Toph, take long breaths in and out, and try and see me as you touch the ground." He said and sat down in the lotus position. Amell started calling cosmic energy to Toph's location to heighten her connection to the earth element.

"I-I see something, I can see walls! I can see a boulder, wait, no that's you. You're HUGE, WOW!" Toph was growing so excited, and she accidentally removed her hand from the ground. And her vision went away.

"No, wait, don't go!" Toph said and reached her hand out to try and catch the fleeting images. Amell stretched out his hand and grabbed hers carefully. "You did great. Now you need to learn to see with all the parts of your body." Amell said and pulled her to his side.

"My name is Portgas D. Amell. It's nice to meet you Toph." He said and smiled, completely aware that she had no sight. And even if she did, this cave was so dark that you wouldn't be able to see anything anyway.

"A-Amell... I want to see again." Toph said and put her head in between her knees. She wasn't crying but she felt the tears closing in. Never having sight, and suddenly getting it wasn't something that was easy to handle for a kid. Especially if they lost it just as they got it.

"Don't worry, Toph. I will teach you everything I know. Just rest for now." Amell said. Toph nodded and leaned her head against his arm and closed her eyes to sleep.

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