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Ryuk's slide failed. Xeon had lifted up a pile of dirt which stopped him, giving Xeon enough time to leap to a sturdy nearby tree branch. Ryuk quickly flipped onto his feet and jumped back away from Xeon, into the shade of a tree, and was a bit confused.
What is he? Ryuk asked himself.
Xeon jumped off the tree, landing on the ground about ten feet away.
Is he an Earthbender, or an Airbender? He finished.
Ryuk saw Xeon searching for him and jumped back once more, landing in a large bush the surrounded the area. He then silently ran around the area, waiting for the right moment to attack.
Well, since I'm not sure which type of Bender he is. I guess I'll have to change my style. He said to himself.
Ryuk had developed a style of fighting against all four elements. For air, he would do quick, accurate strike to pressure points. To Earthbenders, he would use stealth and strength. He smiled, coming up with a strategy. Ryuk right behind Xeon when he launched out of the bushes, swinging his right hand. He threw it down, flipping himself and sending his leg crashing down, aiming for the same shoulder he had hit earlier.

(Battle with an Airbender)

Training Post Five

Ryuk thought his attack would have made it, catching Xeon in the shoulder and temporarily paralyzing it if he did the technique correctly. But Xeon had heard him at the last moment. He brought up his hands to block the punch, but was taken off guard by the kick. He had used his hands to cushion the blow. He then grabbed Ryuk's foot, keeping him partially immobilized. Xeon jumped into the air, performing a frontflip and trying to slam Ryuk into the ground. Luckily, Xeon wasn't strong enough to lift to people into the air high enough for Ryuk to clear the ground by much. When Xeon let go, sending Ryuk towards the ground, he mocked him, saying he didn't have him in mind as a Firebender. Ryuk stuck out his hands, landing on them and took several steps back before swinging his legs, landing on all four. He then stood up, a bit angry.
"What did you expect? Some Fire Nation attack dog that would kill you in a second's notice?" He said, almost yelling.
Ryuk blasted off at Xeon, swinging his leg low for a foot sweep then using the momentum to throw his arm high in the opposite direction, almost trapping Xeon in the attack.

(Battle with an Airbender)

Training Post Six

He lined the bottles up right next to each other after all three were filled. However, the middle one took longer for it was a bigger clay bottle and would have held most of the water the armor would need. Speaking of which, Rave then took out the armor afterwards.

It was an unreal contraption really. It was mostly intertwining straps and tubes that are all connected to the middle by a backpack looking invention. Rave took off his shirt first. His chizzled body lay cool as it was shaded by the branches of a tree nearby. Next, he put on the initial shirt. The shirt hugged his body tightly, showing off the muscles he still had. Down at the bottom was the backpack. He strapped the bigger bottle into the middle of it and snaped a tube where the opening was and connected it to the back side of the shirt.

Rave next put on a pair of brown fabric made to look like gauntlets. He strapped the other two clay bottles on each arm and connected the tube over each opening and into each gauntlet. Rave jumped up and down to see how the weight would impact his movement. As he calculated beforehand, it was only slightly heavier by .03 ounces. Enough for him to still move the way he used to.

Rave extended his arms outward to his sides. He was going to start the armor. As he closed his eyes, he mentally bent the water from the gourds to wet the fabric he was wearing. A little chill came down his spine as he felt the cool river's water be absorbed by the fabric. He let the fabric be damp enough so that it wouldn't drip.

Training Post [23/95]

Coming up to a tree, Rave froze over his right gauntlet. He retracted his arm and with a lot of umph, punched the three. Once Rave pulled his arm back, he could see that he made a pretty big dent within the tree. The gauntlets were strong enough, he thought, so that if the tree was an actual person, he wouldn't get too badly damaged.

Rave did the same with the left arm. It produced the same result and he was happy. However, there wouldn't be a way that he would be able to test out the chest protector without actually finding someone to spar with. He defroze his armor and went back to his bag. The first run of test seemed fruitful so he guessed he'd train his waterbending combinations with the armor.

With the water from the river. He bent a small wave in back of him. As the water hit the ground, Rave instantaneously froze it into a pillar. Walking up close to it, he placed his right hand on the very top of the pilliar (which as tall as he was) and slid it down to the very bottom, sclupting it as his hand went that direction. The pilliar was no longer a cyclindrical shape, but took on more of a human shape, specifically speaking, it looked like Rave.

[Training post 25/95]

Minutes past and it would seem like his resource has gone empty. Plus he was panting as well. Rave was out of water and pretty much out of energy. However, it was all good. He managed to get his aim much better than he originially started, however, it is still far off from where he wanted it to be. And that was only the first move he has combined with the new armor.

Nonetheless, he walked over to the river bank where his bag was. As he past the frozen statue of himself, he couldn't but help smile the fact that there were so many holes that went through it. Upon coming near his bag, he took off the backpack and the gaunlet, but kept the shirt on. He reached into his bag and took out a brown bag. In there was his lunch for the day and the drink, which of course was water.

With a sigh, he took a bite out of his sandwich and looked out where the river was flowing. The sound of the waterfall calmed him and the atmosphere became more relaxing. After he finished, he planned to take a dip and meditate under the waterfall, but before that, he saw an old relic within his bag. It was a scroll, no, it was the scroll. The scroll his master gave him right before he died.

Thinking about that brought back painful memories for Rave. Memories he didn't want to remember - memories he wanted to forget. But he couldn't, not until his promise to his master was fulfilled. Rave took the scroll from his bag. He had forgotten that it was there where he hid it. It felt nostolgic to him just letting it sit there on his palms.

Slowly, he opened it and looked at its contents. He had forgotten what was in there, the basics of water bending, a few advance moves, and most of all his teacher's proverbs. Proverbs Rave took to heart and never forgot and probably won't ever forget. He smiled to himself remembering trying to do an advance move while still trying to learn basics.

He remembered that time very well. [Training 27/95]

Flashback
It was only a few months after his master found him. They were in a setting just like where Rave was at now, on the river bank of an earth nation forest. They had been camping out for a week already and Rave just learned how to bait their meals. However, it was during that time of day where his master would teach him water bending.

But, that day was different. His master had gone out to the wilderness alone to get a huge meal to celebrate Rave's accomplishing of the first three lessons. Rave, however, was cocky and thought to himself that he is finally ready to start advance moves such as turning water into ice and steam. So while his master was away, he went into the tent and took his master's scroll. He read it quickly and came out to the river.

Just like the basics, he formed a huge water ball in mid air. He tried to do what the scroll said, but with a misguided hand movment, he splashed himself with the water ball and then turned it into ice. He couldn't move at all and fell into the river where it started to push him down the current.

Rave tried his best to revert back into normal, but his fear got a hold of him and he was panicking. Soon, from the ice cube he was in, Rave could hear the river turning into a waterfall. He prayed and prayed for his master to come and save him, yet he was not there.

Within seconds, he could feel the ice and himself who was stuck in it, fall. However, Rave felt something else. It was as if he was caught. But within moments time, he felt a big thud and then, the ice was gone. The sun was shining brightly and Rave couldn't see who saved him, but the voice was enough for Rave to figure it out. "Pretty dumb of you boy..." the man said, though it a light hearted fashion.

Rave looked like he was about to cry in greatfulness, but the man started laughing. A few teardrops ran down his cheek, but Rave wiped them away and joined in. "Lesson number four deals with humility and being humble. I wasn't going to go in it until tomorrow, but I guess you wanted to learn it so soon that you'd go and put yourself into this kind of situation...."

Rave was silent for a while and looked down at the dirt below him. "Rave, be weary of pride and cockiness. It is not a friend of any bender. Never ever feel like you are a better bender than anyone else. Some may be more skilled, but that is all. In this world, we are all equals. Though our skills and outsides differ, inside we are still human."

With that, Rave's master left his pupil where he sat. Rave could not but feel stupid to think of himself as an advance waterbender when he only knew the basics of the basics. "Come Rave, our dinner awaits us...." Rave wiped away a few more tears and got up. "Yes master..." He replied after dusting himself off and leaving.
Flashback ends

In the present

Rave sat there, a few tear drops had landed on the ground. The ground soaked most of it, turning colors from black and back to brown. Rave wiped away the tears and looked once again to the river. He smiled to himself knowing the fact that in the years that followed, Rave was able to master that technique and a bunch more.

Rave stood up and took his things. He threw it over the cliff and saw that it had landed safetly in a berry bush. Taking off his pants and only wearing shorts, he jumped over the cliff himself and into the water. As he dove, he couldn't but help wonder, no, hoped, that his master would be proud of him, wherever he may be in the spirit world.

-Splash-

[Training Post: 28/95]

Ryuk smiled, his attack tactics were starting to take effect. The sweep had been avoided, as planned and Xeon was caught by the punch, being shot through the air. Ryuk's ear perked slightly as he heard someone nearby, knowing it wasn't Xeon. He looked in the direction of the noise and saw a boy, dressed in Water Tribe, garb.
"So, we have a spectator..." He said to himself outloud.
Ryuk then brought his attention back to Xeon, who quickly shot a medium sized rock at him. Ryuk smiled, starting to understand how Xeon was using both Air and Earthbending. The moments following seemed to go by in slow motion. Ryuk took in a deep breath, pulling back his arm as his chest inflated. He exhaled as he thrusted his hand forward, shooting a vicious bolt of fire at the rock, slowing it and heating it up. He took a step forward, opening his hand and grabbing the incoming, but slowed down, rock spinning around and using momentum to launch the heated rock at Xeon, who had used Airbending to get above Ryuk. Though the rock had been heated up, it barely burned his hand due to his gloves. Ryuk mentally smiled, wondering how Xeon would react to the counter, and was already making up new strategies.

(Battle with an Airbender)

Training Post Seven