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Inner Fire
0 ReviewsZuko discovers a new power and has another accident with Toph. ZukoxToph
Inner Fire
It was something that he read about in the dragon catacombs, something that Sozin could do. Focused on teaching the Avatar, redirecting lightning and trying to make lightning, Zuko had never tried such a technique before, to manipulate heat. He could manipulate his own body heat but he was trying to take it beyond that. He circled the small flame with his hands, trying to manipulate its heat, to absorb it until it was extinguished. Zuko was so focused that he didn't hear Toph approaching, just outside his door.
She rubbed her arms up and down and wondered why she felt so cold. The climate was not supposed to be particularly cold in that area, and there was a fire bender near by. In fact, she was feeling hot not too long ago. She quietly entered Zuko's room and asked, "what are you doing?"
Zuko snapped out of his deep concentration and heard Toph yelp. "Toph!" He didn't do anything, or at least he thought he didn't. There was no fire other than the tiny flame he was experimenting with, she didn't have any burns. "Are you alright? What's wrong?"
Toph shivered uncontrollably. "C-cold..." It felt as if the very heat of her body was stolen away.
Zuko stared at her for a moment before reacting and feeding the fire to try to provide a source of heat for Toph. "I'm sorry,"
"You-u?" Toph had never felt that way, she didn't know what Zuko did, but apparently he was admitting it was his fault since he apologized.
Zuko mentally kicked himself. He hated those foot in mouth moments like when he mention he was the one who sent the assassin, known to the Avatar's group as Combustion Man. "I don't know what I did, I was trying to learn how to manipulate heat."
"He-eat? With-o-out fire-e?" Toph couldn't get warm even if she was close to the fire.
"Yeah, I read Sozin could do it. Removing heat from a fire can weaken it, I thought it would be a useful skill to have in the Fire Nation, but it's harder than it looks. I think I accidentally took away your body heat, sorry." There was no use in hiding it, since he had already admitted it.
"You-u're a-an ac-cide-ent wa-it-ing to hap-pen, prin-cess," though her voice was cut off by her constant shivering, Toph managed to sound somewhat threatening as if warning that she would get back at him for all his little accidents eventually. "Gi-ve it ba-ack,"
"Your body heat? I don't know how..." At that moment, Zuko understood Aang's fear. He was always jumpy and nervous about using fire, he always held back, remembering the accident he had with Katara. Now Zuko didn't want to try to return Toph's body heat by means of bending, out of fear of taking away more, and perhaps taking away her very life. He held her freezing hand and tried to warm it with his own. She moved closer seeking vital heat. He opened his arms and held her; she made no efforts to break away.
Zuko realized that he had stumbled upon a dangerous power, and decided not to use it anymore. He would use it on fire if he mastered it, but for that he had to train alone, away from people who might be accidentally hurt. He would never aim such a power at a living being. Zuko remembered Katara's tale about blood bending under the full moon, a story she had told everyone during one of Sokka's campfire therapy sessions, when he wore that fake beard, since several members of the group were not there at the time, and Katara herself insisted that sharing their fears and joys would help them become a better team. Zuko noticed that the sun was at its highest point in the sky, maybe this was the equivalent deadly technique of the fire element.
End
Disclaimer, I do not own Avatar.
It was something that he read about in the dragon catacombs, something that Sozin could do. Focused on teaching the Avatar, redirecting lightning and trying to make lightning, Zuko had never tried such a technique before, to manipulate heat. He could manipulate his own body heat but he was trying to take it beyond that. He circled the small flame with his hands, trying to manipulate its heat, to absorb it until it was extinguished. Zuko was so focused that he didn't hear Toph approaching, just outside his door.
She rubbed her arms up and down and wondered why she felt so cold. The climate was not supposed to be particularly cold in that area, and there was a fire bender near by. In fact, she was feeling hot not too long ago. She quietly entered Zuko's room and asked, "what are you doing?"
Zuko snapped out of his deep concentration and heard Toph yelp. "Toph!" He didn't do anything, or at least he thought he didn't. There was no fire other than the tiny flame he was experimenting with, she didn't have any burns. "Are you alright? What's wrong?"
Toph shivered uncontrollably. "C-cold..." It felt as if the very heat of her body was stolen away.
Zuko stared at her for a moment before reacting and feeding the fire to try to provide a source of heat for Toph. "I'm sorry,"
"You-u?" Toph had never felt that way, she didn't know what Zuko did, but apparently he was admitting it was his fault since he apologized.
Zuko mentally kicked himself. He hated those foot in mouth moments like when he mention he was the one who sent the assassin, known to the Avatar's group as Combustion Man. "I don't know what I did, I was trying to learn how to manipulate heat."
"He-eat? With-o-out fire-e?" Toph couldn't get warm even if she was close to the fire.
"Yeah, I read Sozin could do it. Removing heat from a fire can weaken it, I thought it would be a useful skill to have in the Fire Nation, but it's harder than it looks. I think I accidentally took away your body heat, sorry." There was no use in hiding it, since he had already admitted it.
"You-u're a-an ac-cide-ent wa-it-ing to hap-pen, prin-cess," though her voice was cut off by her constant shivering, Toph managed to sound somewhat threatening as if warning that she would get back at him for all his little accidents eventually. "Gi-ve it ba-ack,"
"Your body heat? I don't know how..." At that moment, Zuko understood Aang's fear. He was always jumpy and nervous about using fire, he always held back, remembering the accident he had with Katara. Now Zuko didn't want to try to return Toph's body heat by means of bending, out of fear of taking away more, and perhaps taking away her very life. He held her freezing hand and tried to warm it with his own. She moved closer seeking vital heat. He opened his arms and held her; she made no efforts to break away.
Zuko realized that he had stumbled upon a dangerous power, and decided not to use it anymore. He would use it on fire if he mastered it, but for that he had to train alone, away from people who might be accidentally hurt. He would never aim such a power at a living being. Zuko remembered Katara's tale about blood bending under the full moon, a story she had told everyone during one of Sokka's campfire therapy sessions, when he wore that fake beard, since several members of the group were not there at the time, and Katara herself insisted that sharing their fears and joys would help them become a better team. Zuko noticed that the sun was at its highest point in the sky, maybe this was the equivalent deadly technique of the fire element.
End
Disclaimer, I do not own Avatar.
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