Chapter 47.2- And So the Dragons Danced

When he moved, it was like the world held its breath. He crossed his arms in front of his head to block a blast from Maki’s combustion bending, being sent flying backwards. I shot after him, heat fueling my movements and allowing me to move faster than ever. He stopped himself against the wall and I smashed right into him, sending the both of us through the wall and down the hallway of the palace. He turned in mid air, kicking me away and stopping himself with his air bending.

Two jets of fire from my hands allowed me to slow down rather than fly out the window. He was forced to turn around and shatter two boulders that wee about to smash into him. I used the opportunity to send a lance of fire at his back. He turned again, blocking the flames. He remained positioned sideways, head swiveling between me on one side and Toph on the other- watching him from opposite ends of the hallway. And then he was sent flying into the wall as the wall behind him exploded. Maki was there clearly having been carried the distance by Toji.

We could do this, I thought to myself. Aang rose with a vengeance, a bubble of air forming around him that moved so quickly that it was clear every attack would fall apart before it. He looked around him before letting out a roar of rage and flying in my direction. Toph’s boulder shattered against his wind shield even as my flames washed over it to no effect. Maki sent a lance of combustive energy that exploded against his shield and sent him jerking to the side. I bolted into movement at that.

He wasn’t ready for me to fall upon him, and still, he dodged near every attack. A punch, a kick, two more kicks, everything was dodged as he did his best impression of water his girlfriend had bent and flowed around every attack.

“Enough” He roared, blasting me backwards with a powerful roar of wind. He flew after me even as I barely managed to slow myself down from smashing against the ground of the palace’s stairs. We were outside now.

I danced away from the tendrils of water that reached out to ensnare me and retaliated with powerful fire blasts that managed to block his airbending attacks. He smashed his foot against the ground as he landed and the ground rose in a wave that was clearly intended to destabilize me. I jumped with the force of the fire in my veins and used fire blasts from my arms to dodge out of the way of the water that was sent at my airborne form. Since when had he even started carrying water skins?