The looks on the faces of the people of Kyoshi were filled with shock and disbelief. It looked like they were having trouble believing that Aang was an Airbender much less the Avatar reborn. The head female warrior started to shake her fist. "That is impossible! The last Avatar was an Airbender that disappeared one hundred years ago!" She called out to the sextet that had been captured.
Ranma looked at the Cologne, trying to read her reaction. Cologne shook her head and then turned her eyes to Aang. 'Looks like the Old Ghoul thinks that Aang-sensei can get us out of this mess.' Ranma thought as he started to watch Aang for his next move.
"That's me." Aang answered the elder, impressing on the elder that he was the Avatar. He even smiled a little.
The elder just took a few moments to answer. "Throw these imposters to the unagi!" He then started to leave the group. The female warriors started to approach them, moving smoothly into a fighting stance. Each warrior opening their fans, one in each hand. Ranma decided to get ready to move so that he could fight back. Shampoo was ready to follow her Airen into battle, but Cologne spoke up.
"Aang, I believe that a demonstration of your abilities is needed for these nice people, so do some airbending." Cologne suggested still as cool as a northern wind. Aang suddenly broke free from the ropes, much as Shampoo and Ranma were going to do. He leapt high into the air until he was level with the statue of the Avatar Kyoshi, several stories up from where the rest of the group were tied to a pole. Then as gentle as a feather, he floated down from his high perch, slowly landing on his feet.
They all watched as Aang pulled out something from his clothing. "Now watch this." He said as he pulled out his domed hands. Pulling his hands away from each other, he revealed his floating marble trick. The sphere floated in mid air and started to spin in a circle.
The crowd went wild in amazement, roaring with cheering. One man even started to foam at the mouth with excitement, slowly loosing control over his body before collapsing onto the ground. All the while he was screaming his head off.
"Shampoo doesn't get it. That trick isn't that good. Why is everyone going crazy over that little floating marble?" Shampoo whispered to the rest of them tied to the pole. Ranma could only shrug his shoulders. He had to agree with what Shampoo said. Turning to Cologne he noticed that she was smiling with her most mysterious smile. The one that she used when she knew something that everyone else didn't know.
"I don't get it." Sokka said as he watched the event unfold. He looked as surprised at the reaction to the marble trick as Shampoo did.
"Well, it looks like we're out of trouble for now." Katara said, smiling at Aang's actions.
Waiting a few minutes, Ranma asked, "Do ya think that they will get around ta untying us soon? I'm just curious if I have ta break free of the ropes or would that be rude?"
"Just give them a few minutes to react to this news, and then we can worry about getting free." Cologne said, adding; "Besides I think that they needed this."
Ranma watched the people of Kyoshi go crazy as they discovered that the Avatar had returned to the world. The crowd was still going crazy over the marble trick. As Ranma watched, one little girl started to run to what looked like a harbor. For some reason this was giving Ranma a sense of dread. 'But how can one little girl cause us any trouble.' Ranma thought trying to shake the feeling from his head. The fact that some of the villagers had just noticed them and were heading to untie them helped. But still Ranma had to wonder what could go wrong.
(Posted Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:39)
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