Avatar The Last Airbender Fan Fiction ❯ Duty Versus Love ❯ Bid For Power ( Chapter 43 )
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By: Light-Eco-Sage 
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Non Anime: Avatar The Last Airbender Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Fantasy / Martial Arts / Romance / Supernatural / Angst | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 02.02.2013 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 513 | Status: Work In Progress
Avatar is owned by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, not me!
Non Anime: Avatar The Last Airbender Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Fantasy / Martial Arts / Romance / Supernatural / Angst | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 02.02.2013 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.0K | Visits: 513 | Status: Work In Progress
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Chapter XIIIL: Bid For Power
While Aang, Toph, The Duke, and Hitomi were in Aang’s room, working out what had happened with Aang; trouble was brewing at the other end of the Temple.
Unlike Aang’s other children, Sho took a more practical view of Aang’s depression. It was just the sort of break he had been waiting for; there was no official head of the Air Nomad nation, and it was just the right time for him to make his move on his older half-brother. What was even better: Anil had been so busy doing his father’s job and training his younger siblings that he didn’t have time to practice his own high-level Airbending. Sho, on the other hand, had been living and breathing his Airbending practice. He was ready.
But, before he faced off with Anil in a duel, he had to be sure of something else. With this thought in mind, he made his way to a room that he had been spending an unusual amount of time: his sister’s room.
Sho stepped into the room quietly, pleased when he saw that Ammy was the only one there. Besides himself, Anil had been spending a lot of time here. But he was just using Ammy for her ability to go to the Spirit World. He didn’t seem to care that she was getting worse.
Ammy glanced over at him. “Sho.”
“How do you feel?” Sho asked, concerned. He moved over to the bed and sat down, taking her limp hand in his.
“Weaker… as to be expected.” Ammy said.
“I should have been there.” Sho said, referring to Katara’s departure. He had been busy training and had missed the whole argument. “I could have at least convinced her to take you along.”
“Even if you did, I would refuse to go.” Ammy said. “I would not be any help for Katara, and I’m needed here: both for Dad’s and Anil’s sake.”
“Do you… think that Dad really had an affair?” Sho asked curiously.
“No, I don’t.” Ammy said. “I’ve sensed all the discord in our family for years, both large and small. Never did I get the impression of Dad falling out of love with Mom. Love has never been their problem. Even now, there is love between them… but no trust.”
Sho took several deep breaths. “Yes, love is quite a strange thing, isn’t it?”
“Indeed, it is.” Ammy agreed.
“Ammy… you know that I really care about you, right?” Sho asked, and she nodded. “There is only one thing in this world that I want, and it’s for you to be safe… always.”
“I appreciate your concern, Sho.” Ammy said softly.
Sho took a deep breath and continued. “You are the only real friend I’ve ever had.” He said. “Ammy, you know that we are not truly appreciated here. Those of us with Airbending abilities are to become… Air Nomad breeding machines. No one has said anything yet, but I know it’s going to happen soon. I wouldn’t be shocked if they were all ready trying to force Anil into following Dad’s footsteps and continuing the plan. And you… you are perceived as a worthless cast-off who should have died in infancy. A wasted opportunity.”
“I am aware…” Ammy said slowly, unable to get rid of her feelings of déjà vu at Sho’s words. She knew that she had heard them before, but she could not remember where. “That is what the world thinks… not our father.”
Sho’s eyes narrowed. He could not do anything until he was assured of Ammy’s support. “Come with me, Ammy.” Before Sho could say anything else, another voice interrupted.
“You know she cannot.”
Sho and Ammy looked around and saw Anil standing in the doorway.
“Don’t try to stop me.” Sho said, glaring at Anil.
“Do you realize what you are doing? Father’s all ready on the brink as it is. If he loses you…”
“Shut up!” Sho yelled, standing up and facing Anil. “What would you, the favorite, know about anything?!?”
Ammy felt several strong emotions overwhelm her. She suddenly remembered why she was feeling that she had seen this before. She had a vision about this event years ago! It wasn’t exactly the same, but there was no mistaking this. She had once seen her brothers fighting over her, and now she knew who they were: the two boys that she cared about most in the world: Anil and Sho. “Don’t fight.” She pleaded as Sho dropped into a threatening Martial Arts stance. Anil also sank into an Airbending stance, ready for anything that Sho would throw at him. “Stop it!” Ammy screamed.
The two boys ignored Ammy’s pleading. “What is your meaning by this?” Anil asked. “Do you really intend to fight me?”
“What’s the matter? Are you shocked that not all your siblings worship the ground you walk upon?” Sho asked, adjusting his position slightly and moving away from the bed-ridden Ammy. Above his desire to defeat Anil, the desire to protect Ammy was stronger. He would allow no harm to come to her, accidental or otherwise. His first order of business was to get out of this room. “Big brother Anil… Dad’s favorite… Airbending prodigy… on the fast-track to becoming the new leader of the Air Nomads…”
Anil blinked in shock. “How do you know about that?”
“Oh, don’t play dumb!” Sho shouted. “Where is my reward? You’ve never had to work hard for anything a single day in your life! I had to struggle and put my blood and sweat into my Airbending training! But all my work was for nothing!”
Anil glared at him. “If you want to become the next leader of the Air Nomads, just come out and say it.”
Sho roared in anger, sending a strong blast of air at Anil, which propelled the boy out of the room. Sho followed him out into the hallway, maneuvering him down the hall. “I’ve got something better in mind… I’m going to prove my power at Airbending by defeating you in a duel.”
“You don’t stand a chance against me.” Anil said.
“That’s where you and I disagree, brother.” Sho said, leaping at Anil and driving him further back.
Anil didn’t not out-right attack his brother, but allowed himself to be driven further back. In the back of his mind, Anil knew that Sho was just trying to drive him outside. Airbenders do not operate at their fullest potential in cramped spaces like this hallway. Sho was trying to maneuver them outside where they would have more space to work with.
He forgets… I’ll be more powerful when I’m outside as well. Anil thought to himself. “So, you want to get outside, huh?” He yelled at Sho. “Fine, follow me!” Anil turned and ran, leaping out of the nearest window. Outside that window, there were only sharp cliffs, but Anil leapt from cliff to cliff with grace and efficiency. He had run along these cliffs many times before, and choosing the correct path was as natural to him as breathing. Sho was also familiar with the path and was able to follow Anil easily as he led them down to the Airbending training area.
When he got there, he was dismayed to see that some of his siblings were there, practicing. He landed lightly in the middle of the training area, and yelled for them. “Get away from here!” His siblings froze in shock as Sho landed, and then kicked at Anil, sending a great blast of air his way. Anil barely had time to redirect the blast of wind and send it harmlessly away from him and his siblings.
“Get back!” Anil yelled, whirling his arms and sending a great blast of air in every direction, which forced his siblings to move back. However, in the moment that Anil took to get his younger siblings safely out of the way, Sho took the opportunity to attack him. A blast of compressed air punched him in the chest, knocking the air out of him and knocking him to the ground, hard.
Sho leapt closer, standing over his downed brother. “Give up, Anil. Acknowledge me as the stronger Bender.”
Anil gasped for air. “You have a lot to learn, Sho. It takes more than Bending to be a great leader!” In the blink of an eye, Anil scissor’ed his legs to the side, knocking Sho’s legs out from under him. Sho was unprepared for it, for it was not a move that incorporated any Bending at all.
Anil silently thanked his uncle for teaching him some non-Bending fighting techniques as he used his Airbending to push himself off the ground. Unfortunately, Sho was able to recover just about as quickly and he wasted no time in attacked Anil again.
For several minutes, Anil focused mainly on deflecting Sho’s attacks away from himself and his siblings that had surrounded the training field, but he came to realize that this was not going to work for long. Sho was relentless in attacking him. Airbending was not about relentless attacks, so it threw Anil off a little bit. He could only guess that there was a little bit of the Firebender attitude in there somewhere. He knew that if he continued to just play defense, he would end up losing.
This current strategy would continue without change until one of them got tired, and Anil knew that he was not in top shape. He had not slept well since his father’s depression began; staying up until dawn some nights in order to get all his father’s work done. He was all ready beginning to get tired, but Sho’s attacks were just intensifying as they continued.
Anil knew that he had no choice; he would have to attack back soon.
“Stop this foolishness now!” Anil yelled, hoping against hope that there was still a chance that he could talk sense to his brother.
“Stop playing around with me!” Sho demanded.
“Okay… fine!” Anil growled, launching into his own, much more powerful attack pattern. But Sho proved himself able to defend as well as attack. Anil’s attack did nothing more than drive him back a few steps.
A new thought occurred to Anil. He could end this fight instantly if he could just use the Final Airbending move. There was no faster way to disable an Airbender than by taking the air away from them. But Anil hesitated in performing the move. He had never performed the move on another living being, only on candles, and he was terrifying that if he messed the move up just slightly, it would lead to his brother’s death.
It only took Anil a few moments to realize that he could not perform the Final Airbending move. It was dangerous… deadly. It was like his mother’s ability to perform Bloodbending. Just because the power exists doesn’t mean it should be used in situations like this, especially by someone who had never used it on someone else before.
For the first time, Anil began to realize that he could lose this fight. All he could see was his father’s disappointed face. Eleven years of training, being praised as an Airbending prodigy… all for naught because he was tired when he was drawn into a duel with his younger brother.
In desperation, Anil cried out: “Father!”
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Back up in Aang’s room, Aang was preparing himself for some pretty unusual Soulbending.
The other’s stared in shock as Aang placed his right hand on his own forehead, and his left hand on his own heart. “So… is it possible to Soulbend yourself?” Sokka asked.
“It’s possible, just really risky.” Aang said. “But what I’m going to do is relatively easy. I’m just going to remove the false memories from my mind. It’s straightforward.” Aang took a deep breath and there was a flash of blue light. Since there was no need for Aang to overcome himself, there was no battle, and the Bending happened instantly. The fake memories were cut from Aang’s mind with supreme ease.
The blue light faded, leaving Aang smiling, his mind finally freed of the memories that had tormented him.
“Now you just need to find a way to restore the true memories of what happened.” Toph said. “You know… so we can know what the Soulbender looks like or what we’re up against.”
Aang sighed. “I’m afraid that’s not as straight forward. The only way I could possibly recover memories that have all ready been lost is for me to know exactly where they were ‘scooped out’. There’s no way for me to know if I’m missing memories.”
“That is a pickle.” Toph commented.
“Wait a second…” Sokka said thoughtfully. “How about our last reunion?” Everyone stared at him. “No, really! Remember how Aang came back from wherever he went and said he had only been gone for a few minutes even though over fifteen minutes had passed! Maybe it seemed like less time had passed because those memories had been scooped out of him!” Sokka said proudly.
Aang smiled. “Sokka! You’re a genius!” He began to put his hands in the proper place for another attempt at Soulbending himself when he was interrupted by a large shockwave surging through the Temple.
“Whoa. Did you feel that?” Toph asked.
“I did.” Aang commented. “But what was it? I can’t use Earthbending to see that far away.”
Toph studied the vibrations for a while. “Well… there’s either two Airbenders having a training duel down on the training ground…”
“Airbenders don’t duel during their training.” Aang commented.
“Well, then… there’s two Airbenders fighting down on the training ground… pretty seriously too.” Toph said, shrugging.
It only took Aang a few seconds to put two and two together. “Oh no…” He gasped, finally pushing himself out of bed, staggering for a moment, and then heading out the door and rushing down to the training area as fast as he could go on his weakened legs.
Only one thought made its way through Aang’s mind as he rushed through the Temple. This can’t be happening… this can’t be happening…
There was a reason that Airbenders almost never dueled, especially two Master Airbenders. Any time you had two Masters fighting, the odds of both getting seriously injured increased exponentially. You could not hold back when fighting against a Master, and if you were a Master yourself, you had the power to inflict incredible damage, even by accident.
Even if they were not aiming to kill each other, there was only a small chance they would both get out of the fight all right. He could very well end up losing both Anil and Sho today.
Fueled by this thought, Aang used Airbending to pick up his speed.
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Anil was doing everything he could to both subdue his younger brother, protect his siblings, and make sure that he was not overwhelmed. But, despite his best efforts, he was getting overwhelmed. It would only be a few seconds before he was forced to stop being concerned for his siblings and just focus on his own safety.
He did not notice his father running up behind him.
Aang took in the situation in an instant. Anil and Sho were fighting, just as he expected. Sho was slowly, but surely, getting the upper hand on his brother. Aang also saw that, although Anil was being forced to attack for his own safety, Sho was the aggressive one in this fight.
Aang made a split second decision to save his son’s lives, and he raised his arms. “Anil! Hold your breath!” He yelled.
Anil heard his father’s yell and instantly obeyed, taking a great gulp of air and holding it protectively in his lungs. Anil knew what was coming even though he had never personally experienced it… the Final Airbending move.
However, Sho had no idea of the move’s existence and was unable to prepare himself for it. “What are you…?”
Sho’s question stopped dead in his lungs as he no longer had any air with which to voice his question. The sensation was several, terrifying sensations all at once: suffocation and the completely loss of his Bending skills. The loss of Air was so terrifying to the young Airbender that he gasped, losing what little air he had left in his lungs, and passing out when he found there was no air to refill his lungs.
Chapter XIIIL: Bid For Power
While Aang, Toph, The Duke, and Hitomi were in Aang’s room, working out what had happened with Aang; trouble was brewing at the other end of the Temple.
Unlike Aang’s other children, Sho took a more practical view of Aang’s depression. It was just the sort of break he had been waiting for; there was no official head of the Air Nomad nation, and it was just the right time for him to make his move on his older half-brother. What was even better: Anil had been so busy doing his father’s job and training his younger siblings that he didn’t have time to practice his own high-level Airbending. Sho, on the other hand, had been living and breathing his Airbending practice. He was ready.
But, before he faced off with Anil in a duel, he had to be sure of something else. With this thought in mind, he made his way to a room that he had been spending an unusual amount of time: his sister’s room.
Sho stepped into the room quietly, pleased when he saw that Ammy was the only one there. Besides himself, Anil had been spending a lot of time here. But he was just using Ammy for her ability to go to the Spirit World. He didn’t seem to care that she was getting worse.
Ammy glanced over at him. “Sho.”
“How do you feel?” Sho asked, concerned. He moved over to the bed and sat down, taking her limp hand in his.
“Weaker… as to be expected.” Ammy said.
“I should have been there.” Sho said, referring to Katara’s departure. He had been busy training and had missed the whole argument. “I could have at least convinced her to take you along.”
“Even if you did, I would refuse to go.” Ammy said. “I would not be any help for Katara, and I’m needed here: both for Dad’s and Anil’s sake.”
“Do you… think that Dad really had an affair?” Sho asked curiously.
“No, I don’t.” Ammy said. “I’ve sensed all the discord in our family for years, both large and small. Never did I get the impression of Dad falling out of love with Mom. Love has never been their problem. Even now, there is love between them… but no trust.”
Sho took several deep breaths. “Yes, love is quite a strange thing, isn’t it?”
“Indeed, it is.” Ammy agreed.
“Ammy… you know that I really care about you, right?” Sho asked, and she nodded. “There is only one thing in this world that I want, and it’s for you to be safe… always.”
“I appreciate your concern, Sho.” Ammy said softly.
Sho took a deep breath and continued. “You are the only real friend I’ve ever had.” He said. “Ammy, you know that we are not truly appreciated here. Those of us with Airbending abilities are to become… Air Nomad breeding machines. No one has said anything yet, but I know it’s going to happen soon. I wouldn’t be shocked if they were all ready trying to force Anil into following Dad’s footsteps and continuing the plan. And you… you are perceived as a worthless cast-off who should have died in infancy. A wasted opportunity.”
“I am aware…” Ammy said slowly, unable to get rid of her feelings of déjà vu at Sho’s words. She knew that she had heard them before, but she could not remember where. “That is what the world thinks… not our father.”
Sho’s eyes narrowed. He could not do anything until he was assured of Ammy’s support. “Come with me, Ammy.” Before Sho could say anything else, another voice interrupted.
“You know she cannot.”
Sho and Ammy looked around and saw Anil standing in the doorway.
“Don’t try to stop me.” Sho said, glaring at Anil.
“Do you realize what you are doing? Father’s all ready on the brink as it is. If he loses you…”
“Shut up!” Sho yelled, standing up and facing Anil. “What would you, the favorite, know about anything?!?”
Ammy felt several strong emotions overwhelm her. She suddenly remembered why she was feeling that she had seen this before. She had a vision about this event years ago! It wasn’t exactly the same, but there was no mistaking this. She had once seen her brothers fighting over her, and now she knew who they were: the two boys that she cared about most in the world: Anil and Sho. “Don’t fight.” She pleaded as Sho dropped into a threatening Martial Arts stance. Anil also sank into an Airbending stance, ready for anything that Sho would throw at him. “Stop it!” Ammy screamed.
The two boys ignored Ammy’s pleading. “What is your meaning by this?” Anil asked. “Do you really intend to fight me?”
“What’s the matter? Are you shocked that not all your siblings worship the ground you walk upon?” Sho asked, adjusting his position slightly and moving away from the bed-ridden Ammy. Above his desire to defeat Anil, the desire to protect Ammy was stronger. He would allow no harm to come to her, accidental or otherwise. His first order of business was to get out of this room. “Big brother Anil… Dad’s favorite… Airbending prodigy… on the fast-track to becoming the new leader of the Air Nomads…”
Anil blinked in shock. “How do you know about that?”
“Oh, don’t play dumb!” Sho shouted. “Where is my reward? You’ve never had to work hard for anything a single day in your life! I had to struggle and put my blood and sweat into my Airbending training! But all my work was for nothing!”
Anil glared at him. “If you want to become the next leader of the Air Nomads, just come out and say it.”
Sho roared in anger, sending a strong blast of air at Anil, which propelled the boy out of the room. Sho followed him out into the hallway, maneuvering him down the hall. “I’ve got something better in mind… I’m going to prove my power at Airbending by defeating you in a duel.”
“You don’t stand a chance against me.” Anil said.
“That’s where you and I disagree, brother.” Sho said, leaping at Anil and driving him further back.
Anil didn’t not out-right attack his brother, but allowed himself to be driven further back. In the back of his mind, Anil knew that Sho was just trying to drive him outside. Airbenders do not operate at their fullest potential in cramped spaces like this hallway. Sho was trying to maneuver them outside where they would have more space to work with.
He forgets… I’ll be more powerful when I’m outside as well. Anil thought to himself. “So, you want to get outside, huh?” He yelled at Sho. “Fine, follow me!” Anil turned and ran, leaping out of the nearest window. Outside that window, there were only sharp cliffs, but Anil leapt from cliff to cliff with grace and efficiency. He had run along these cliffs many times before, and choosing the correct path was as natural to him as breathing. Sho was also familiar with the path and was able to follow Anil easily as he led them down to the Airbending training area.
When he got there, he was dismayed to see that some of his siblings were there, practicing. He landed lightly in the middle of the training area, and yelled for them. “Get away from here!” His siblings froze in shock as Sho landed, and then kicked at Anil, sending a great blast of air his way. Anil barely had time to redirect the blast of wind and send it harmlessly away from him and his siblings.
“Get back!” Anil yelled, whirling his arms and sending a great blast of air in every direction, which forced his siblings to move back. However, in the moment that Anil took to get his younger siblings safely out of the way, Sho took the opportunity to attack him. A blast of compressed air punched him in the chest, knocking the air out of him and knocking him to the ground, hard.
Sho leapt closer, standing over his downed brother. “Give up, Anil. Acknowledge me as the stronger Bender.”
Anil gasped for air. “You have a lot to learn, Sho. It takes more than Bending to be a great leader!” In the blink of an eye, Anil scissor’ed his legs to the side, knocking Sho’s legs out from under him. Sho was unprepared for it, for it was not a move that incorporated any Bending at all.
Anil silently thanked his uncle for teaching him some non-Bending fighting techniques as he used his Airbending to push himself off the ground. Unfortunately, Sho was able to recover just about as quickly and he wasted no time in attacked Anil again.
For several minutes, Anil focused mainly on deflecting Sho’s attacks away from himself and his siblings that had surrounded the training field, but he came to realize that this was not going to work for long. Sho was relentless in attacking him. Airbending was not about relentless attacks, so it threw Anil off a little bit. He could only guess that there was a little bit of the Firebender attitude in there somewhere. He knew that if he continued to just play defense, he would end up losing.
This current strategy would continue without change until one of them got tired, and Anil knew that he was not in top shape. He had not slept well since his father’s depression began; staying up until dawn some nights in order to get all his father’s work done. He was all ready beginning to get tired, but Sho’s attacks were just intensifying as they continued.
Anil knew that he had no choice; he would have to attack back soon.
“Stop this foolishness now!” Anil yelled, hoping against hope that there was still a chance that he could talk sense to his brother.
“Stop playing around with me!” Sho demanded.
“Okay… fine!” Anil growled, launching into his own, much more powerful attack pattern. But Sho proved himself able to defend as well as attack. Anil’s attack did nothing more than drive him back a few steps.
A new thought occurred to Anil. He could end this fight instantly if he could just use the Final Airbending move. There was no faster way to disable an Airbender than by taking the air away from them. But Anil hesitated in performing the move. He had never performed the move on another living being, only on candles, and he was terrifying that if he messed the move up just slightly, it would lead to his brother’s death.
It only took Anil a few moments to realize that he could not perform the Final Airbending move. It was dangerous… deadly. It was like his mother’s ability to perform Bloodbending. Just because the power exists doesn’t mean it should be used in situations like this, especially by someone who had never used it on someone else before.
For the first time, Anil began to realize that he could lose this fight. All he could see was his father’s disappointed face. Eleven years of training, being praised as an Airbending prodigy… all for naught because he was tired when he was drawn into a duel with his younger brother.
In desperation, Anil cried out: “Father!”
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Back up in Aang’s room, Aang was preparing himself for some pretty unusual Soulbending.
The other’s stared in shock as Aang placed his right hand on his own forehead, and his left hand on his own heart. “So… is it possible to Soulbend yourself?” Sokka asked.
“It’s possible, just really risky.” Aang said. “But what I’m going to do is relatively easy. I’m just going to remove the false memories from my mind. It’s straightforward.” Aang took a deep breath and there was a flash of blue light. Since there was no need for Aang to overcome himself, there was no battle, and the Bending happened instantly. The fake memories were cut from Aang’s mind with supreme ease.
The blue light faded, leaving Aang smiling, his mind finally freed of the memories that had tormented him.
“Now you just need to find a way to restore the true memories of what happened.” Toph said. “You know… so we can know what the Soulbender looks like or what we’re up against.”
Aang sighed. “I’m afraid that’s not as straight forward. The only way I could possibly recover memories that have all ready been lost is for me to know exactly where they were ‘scooped out’. There’s no way for me to know if I’m missing memories.”
“That is a pickle.” Toph commented.
“Wait a second…” Sokka said thoughtfully. “How about our last reunion?” Everyone stared at him. “No, really! Remember how Aang came back from wherever he went and said he had only been gone for a few minutes even though over fifteen minutes had passed! Maybe it seemed like less time had passed because those memories had been scooped out of him!” Sokka said proudly.
Aang smiled. “Sokka! You’re a genius!” He began to put his hands in the proper place for another attempt at Soulbending himself when he was interrupted by a large shockwave surging through the Temple.
“Whoa. Did you feel that?” Toph asked.
“I did.” Aang commented. “But what was it? I can’t use Earthbending to see that far away.”
Toph studied the vibrations for a while. “Well… there’s either two Airbenders having a training duel down on the training ground…”
“Airbenders don’t duel during their training.” Aang commented.
“Well, then… there’s two Airbenders fighting down on the training ground… pretty seriously too.” Toph said, shrugging.
It only took Aang a few seconds to put two and two together. “Oh no…” He gasped, finally pushing himself out of bed, staggering for a moment, and then heading out the door and rushing down to the training area as fast as he could go on his weakened legs.
Only one thought made its way through Aang’s mind as he rushed through the Temple. This can’t be happening… this can’t be happening…
There was a reason that Airbenders almost never dueled, especially two Master Airbenders. Any time you had two Masters fighting, the odds of both getting seriously injured increased exponentially. You could not hold back when fighting against a Master, and if you were a Master yourself, you had the power to inflict incredible damage, even by accident.
Even if they were not aiming to kill each other, there was only a small chance they would both get out of the fight all right. He could very well end up losing both Anil and Sho today.
Fueled by this thought, Aang used Airbending to pick up his speed.
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Anil was doing everything he could to both subdue his younger brother, protect his siblings, and make sure that he was not overwhelmed. But, despite his best efforts, he was getting overwhelmed. It would only be a few seconds before he was forced to stop being concerned for his siblings and just focus on his own safety.
He did not notice his father running up behind him.
Aang took in the situation in an instant. Anil and Sho were fighting, just as he expected. Sho was slowly, but surely, getting the upper hand on his brother. Aang also saw that, although Anil was being forced to attack for his own safety, Sho was the aggressive one in this fight.
Aang made a split second decision to save his son’s lives, and he raised his arms. “Anil! Hold your breath!” He yelled.
Anil heard his father’s yell and instantly obeyed, taking a great gulp of air and holding it protectively in his lungs. Anil knew what was coming even though he had never personally experienced it… the Final Airbending move.
However, Sho had no idea of the move’s existence and was unable to prepare himself for it. “What are you…?”
Sho’s question stopped dead in his lungs as he no longer had any air with which to voice his question. The sensation was several, terrifying sensations all at once: suffocation and the completely loss of his Bending skills. The loss of Air was so terrifying to the young Airbender that he gasped, losing what little air he had left in his lungs, and passing out when he found there was no air to refill his lungs.