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A Bender's Story: The One Where It Began (Aerandir and Tsubasa)

Nyima smiled when he apologized and said he would allow her to find her own teacher. She wondered how many she would have to choose from. The Northern Water Tribe wasn't that large and there were only really two teachers, one for fighting and the other for healing. Maybe she'd see if she could find one for both. She knew healing was a great thing to have and it would do her well. She listened to him as he gave her his rules that she was to live by for the meantime. She nodded her head to them both, they were quite reasonable rules. If she didn't follow or have them, she'd probably wind up in more trouble that Rayn wouldn't be there to help her with. She clasped her hands in front of herself, "I can do that. It is, after all, for my own safety."

She looked at him for a moment after she had accepted the rules he had laid out for her, "But... you'll still teach me as well... correct? With self defense and the basics? Right?"

She felt funny asking him so whole heartedly to help her. Most his offers, she had tried to decline in some way or another. However, him offering to help her learn to protect herself and giving her a roof over her head, she immediately accepted. She guessed it was because he was offering her a way to defend herself and she thought of a way to easily pay him back. She could only assume that police officers often got into scuffles. Meaning he could get hurt. She was sure if he ever did get healed by a waterbender, he'd pay money to do it. It was, after all, a faster method of healing most thing. She supposed, with the ability to pay him back, she didn't see much need to decline his offer. She smiled at him, "What next?"

A Bender's Story: The One Where It Began (Aerandir and Tsubasa)

Nyima looked at him as he held her hand after stopping her punch. Speed was not something that healing taught you, healing was a slow methodical process. She couldn't deny how nice it felt to attack, no matter how horrid she was at it. She listened to Rayn as he spoke, her eyes wide at the amount of information on the form he had in his head. She knew some of the facts but others it was the first time hearing. She nodded her head and thought about it, "So... kind of like if someone were to run at me... Rather than pushing them away... Pulling them passed would be wiser since I wouldn't have fight their weight and their momentum would work against them."

She scratched the back of her head, "Right?"

She held up her hands when he said he was going to find her a water bender to teach her. She shook her head, "I can do that... You've already done so much... I was thinking of speaking with the woman at the market... Selling Northern Water Tribe wares, she's ought to know plenty of waterbenders.... I figured I'd ask her if she could point me in the right direction of a good teacher," she smiled at him, "You really don't have to do everything for me..."

Avatar: Return of the Air Benders

JEOPARDY!

A Bender's Story: The One Where It Began (Aerandir and Tsubasa)

Nyima nodded her head when Rayn corrected him, however, she blushed slightly when he called her beautiful. She rubbed her hands together, "Well... I don't know much... Like I said... um..."

She took a deep breath and thought about her knowledge in both fighting, little, and water bending, a little more. She looked at Rayn and then nodded again. Water bending often made attacks out of defense. She sighed and began. It wasn't particularly good, she had explained to him her lack of knowledge in the field but he seemed instant. Waterbending included fluid movements and high kicks. However, when she did kick she kept them low, knowing if an attacker managed to grab her foot, she'd be in trouble. Swiftly, she moved around him before placing a foot on the back of his knee. She didn't do anything nor was she sure that she could but she felt that if she put enough pressure on his knee, he might topple over. After a moment, she scurried back in front of him. She looked up at him, shyly, "I... said I don't know much...."

A Bender's Story: The One Where It Began (Aerandir and Tsubasa)

They had walked back the apartment, sometime later, once she had seen a bit of the city. They swung by the room she had stayed in the previous night and she gathered the clothes she left there. When she had come back down, Chan and Rayn seemed to be deep in conversation, which was quickly dropped when they spotted her. That wasn't the first time it had happened, in fact, it had happened just that morning. The two of them had made it to the apartment in good time when Rayn announced that he wanted to start her training then. He showed her to her room and she quickly changed into more comfortable clothing.

Nyima stretched as she stood in front of Rayn. She was basically in the clothing she had worn to sleep. It was comfortable and she could move in it and she assumed those would necessary parts of this equation. She stopped stretching and smiled at Rayn as she patted her legs lightly. She nodded her head, "Okay, I think I'm ready."

She wasn't sure what to expect. He knew he wouldn't start her off on anything too crazy, with this being the first time she had done anything of the sort. All the same, she was curious what minor things they were going to look into before she could actually protect herself.

A Bender's Story: The One Where It Began (Aerandir and Tsubasa)

When Rayn asked her how many years she had been fighting to protect herself, "Well... honestly... none... I was kind of always protected. By my dad, then my brother, then the two of them, and then my fiancé and the two of them... The three of them were driving me mental. They'd have summoned the whole army if I whispered of trouble."

She smiled when he agreed to do it and hugged him, "Thank you."

She pulled away and sat back, creating the space between them both, "I have never been allowed to protect myself... Is it weird that I am excited?"

She nodded her head when he offered her the room in his home, "That sounds great... It'll help me pay you back as well... I can help out around the house a little. Even help you if you get hurt. I know a lot about healing... More than I do about fighting..."

She shifted again, sitting cross-legged. She placed her hands in her lap and closed her eyes. She sat there for a little bit, listening and meditating. Her grandfather had been adamant that when she grew older that she remember to meditate and keep ties with the spirits. She half wondered if it was just to make her shut up and sit down for a bit when she was being rambunctious. But since he had passed on, she did just that. She took the time to sit and meditate.

A Bender's Story: The One Where It Began (Aerandir and Tsubasa)

Nyima opened her eyes and looked at him, "You grew up in the country?" She shifted slightly to sit with her leg tuck to the side of her. She placed her hand back in the water. She thought about the country a little, "I can imagine that change was just about as drastic it was to come from the North... No big buildings... Not as many lights I'm sure."

She smiled as she swished the water around causing ripples, "The lights I saw from the docks were the most beautiful things I had seen, until this garden... at least... They were. The men kind of ruined the sight."

She shivered slightly at the thought of the night before. She trembled slightly as she recalled the memory. After a moment, she pushed it aside, not wanting that to be something she remembered. She kept her hand in the water, pushing it around, "You know... how you said you would help me.... Do you think... That maybe..... you could teach me to fight? Like you did last night? So I can protect myself.... I was useless last night and I was surrounded by water," she rose her hand out of the water as a thread of it follow it. She sighed, "What kind of water bender loses a fight right by the ocean...."

She dropped the water and looked at him, "Do you think you could? Then you wouldn't have to worry about me and I could get out of your hair... I'm sure you are already getting sick of me anyways...."

A Bender's Story: The One Where It Began (Aerandir and Tsubasa)

Nyima grinned when he beckoned her. She followed a step behind him as he guided her away from the market. When they arrived, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. They didn't have anything like this in the North, save the Spirit Oasis but even that was as beautiful as this place. There was lines drawn in the sand and lush green pants surrounding them. She continued to follow him as she looked about in amazement. She stopped when they reached the pool and looked up at Rayn before she returned to taking in their surroundings, "It's breathtaking...."

She knelt down in front of the water and stuck her hand into it. She felt a chill of the warm envelope her hand. It was warm in comparison to the ocean and the water they dealt with at home but it was lovely. With a small flick of her wrist, she splashed Rayn. She looked up at him and giggled a little before she sat back on her heels, "This... is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been."

She ran her fingers along the top of the blades of grass around her. She smiled, grass was not something they had at home. She liked how it felt on her fingers. She sighed and closed her eyes, listening to the water and the trees playing in the wind. The music of the garden. She took a deep breath and spoke quietly, "I can see why you like it here so much."

Avatar: Return of the Air Benders

Jeopardy?

A Bender's Story: The One Where It Began (Aerandir and Tsubasa)

Nyima looked forward again when he spoke. It'll take time but you will get a hang of it. She nodded her head and smiled, "Well, it isn't worth it if it doesn't take a bit of work."

She kept looking around the shops. She looked at cellphones and laptops, strange electronic appliances that could do everyday tasks that wouldn't have taken the person much time in the first place. As she looked at them, she wondered if people here were lazier than those in the North. It seemed like machines need most of the work while the humans sat about. Most of these objects, she hadn't even seen their predecessors and couldn't even begin to imagine them. They came to a stall called decorative weapons. There were swords and boomerangs and the people were apparently just hanging them on walls. Nyima snickered, "We still use that weaponry in the North..."

They continued to roam for sometime before she had seen most of what the market had to offer her. She smiled and came to a stop. She looked up at Rayn and nodded, "Are you going to show me your favourite place now?"