"A flying Bison? This early?" Akashi murmured. He went to the balcony to see Tenzin sitting on the back of the flying Bison.
"You must have overslept. It's lunch break for most people," Tenzin replied.
'So, it's not that early after all. Forget that I overslept.'
Akashi smiled widely and replied, "So, we're starting today."
"If that's okay with you," Tenzin laughed. He looked truly happy to find soone to teach airbending.
'So, let get this straight. My boss and ntor are exes. How will that affect my life… I guess the police chief will end up hating ,' he thought to himself.
"I'm more than happy with your arrival," Akashi replied.
Tenzin looked around and said, "I can see that you tried to learn it on your own."
"How did you know?"
"There isn't much dust on your balcony."
"Okay."
"Anyways, hop on," he offered as the flying Bison approached.
"Isn't it a bit high?"
"The weight alone would destroy your apartnt. So, it's better if you jump."
"Too bad my insurance doesn't cover flying Bison incidents. Stay in the air," he said. The Bison was just a few ters away. Akashi ran forward and jumped.
But his jump seed much longer than a normal human's.
Well, that's just a side effect of having an extra four points in agility. Double speed ant double montum, and thus, he could land on the Bison's back on his stomach.
"Looks like you are agile enough. That's one of the most important things as an air nomad," Tenzin comnted.
"I've figured that out," he replied. He had already planned to use all his gained points for a build focused on agility.
After a very short flight, Akashi found himself outside the city, flying above the ocean.
On one of the islands, he could see a very large statue of Aang.
'To use a whole island to make a morial statue. And to spend all that money… my honest tax money on such a thing,' Akashi shook his head. So people in Republic City were starving. So people were holess. Yet the managent was wasting money on building a morial statue. It looked quite green, so it could be made of jade. That was a total waste and an illogical decision. But on the other hand, he didn't have the right to criticize it. After all, every system has pros and cons.
"What do you think of it?" Tenzin asked.
"I think your father is handso," he replied. "He got you so good genes."
"Really. My wife says so." Tenzin smiled and blushed, as if embarrassed.
"Anyways," Tenzin added, pointing, "that's the Air Temple Island. You will live there for the next fifteen days and co back occasionally to continue your training. On your next vacation, I plan to continue the training at other Air Nomad temples."
"As long as the vacations are paid ones, I don't mind," Akashi replied.
As much as it seed that Tenzin had planned many things in advance, Akashi had done the sa beforehand.
As long as he sold the house before Republic City got ruined by the Avatar, he was okay. He would figure out how much ti he had on hand. Maybe a year more, or a few years in the future. But as long as Korra hadn't appeared in Republic City, he would plan quietly.
Very soon, he landed on the island.
He could see people in white armor patrolling around.
This should be the Order of the White Lotus. An organization that does little to nothing, yet holds a lot of power. Practically because they control the current Avatar and had the previous Avatar on their side.
In the middle of the island, there was a huge tower. Akashi suspected this was the headquarters of the Order of the White Lotus.
They landed, and the patrolling mbers greeted Tenzin on their way to the temple.
Akashi soon found himself standing in front of a very luxurious building… or not. It was a traditional one and should cost a lot. There was a large field with a Yin Yang pattern in the middle and a few houses around the large tower nearby.
"So, this should be where I start training," Akashi asked.
"Yes. In this place, we'll start slowly, from the basics. When I'm not around, you can ask my eldest daughter. She may not seem like it, but she's very good when it cos to airbending," Tenzin said.
"Must be lucky to have a talented one," he said.
"Oh, well, most of my kids are. But they are quite troubleso," Tenzin sighed. "Especially the youngest."
"They're just kids acting like kids," he said.
"Father!"
"Daddy!"
Tenzin's kids ca from sowhere to greet him.
Two girls and a boy. The oldest seed to be around ten to twelve with short hair. The other was slightly younger with two ponytails. The last one was around three or four years old, with a shaved head and mucus hanging from his nose.
"So, this is the airbender you've found?" asked the eldest.
"Hmm… he doesn't look like one," the one in the middle said.
The last one jumped; the air around him seed to carry him. He landed above Akashi's head and began examining him.
"Listen, since I train you, call master!" said the youngest, grabbing Akashi's hair and scratching his nose and head.
Akashi sighed deeply and kept a stoic face.
'Don't tell Tenzin just existed to find a babysitter instead of an airbender.'
Akashi felt like he had been scamd, with the kids seeming excited to teach him.
"Now, now. Our guest is quite unfamiliar, so let's not overwhelm him." A young woman around her thirties ca and picked up the young kid from Akashi's head. She was quite pregnant.
'So, I should assu we have around a year before the canon starts,' he thought to himself.
Then he got to know everyone's nas.
The wife was Penma. The oldest girl was Jinora. The middle girl was Ikki. And the cheeky, smug brat was elo.
'I think I want to get back to work,' he forced a smile as the two older girls grabbed his hand and led him to the training field, already treating him as a playmate.
Akashi didn't know what he had signed up for. He had calculated everything when he was in the bed of the police d room, but never did he take into account kids treating him as a plaything.
But as long as there were experience points to gain, he was willing to get them.
Jinora was the first to train him.
She showed him a set of moves to practice.
[Exp 1]
[Exp 2]
[Exp 1]
He tried to imitate them. It's fair to say he gained more than he had training on his own. The experience gained was very little, yet more frequent.
However, he couldn't imitate all the movents the airbender girls showed him.
"I initially thought you were talented," Jinora put her hands on her hips. "But you're advancing at a quite normal rate. Just keep practicing what you've picked up, then move on to more complicated things."
Akashi looked at the sky and exhaled a long ntal sigh.
Here he was, a transmigrant with an RPG-like system, getting put in his place by a girl more than a decade younger than him.
She was even telling him to keep practicing what he had learned and not rush things.
The worst part was, she wasn't even trying to be passive-aggressive and was totally honest.
'Fuck !' he thought
"Okay." He smiled.
I'd prefer to have Lin Beifong yell at all day at work than be like this.
The first day, let's say, was very tiring and made Akashi doubt himself.
By the end of the day, his Chi reached zero. However, he had gained more experience points than training by himself, so he decided to stick with it. As long as he could get the desired result faster, he was willing to endure.
By the end of the day, when he joined the Air Nomads family for dinner, he had to endure one more thing.
That's right: the noisy table and kids' occasional interruptions.
"Hope you don't mind," Penma, Tenzin's wife, said, "Air Nomads are vegetarians. So, there's no at here."
"It's okay. I'm used to it," he said.
You know, when you're a governnt worker who has a bank loan to pay, you learn to cut expensive stuff like at and eat it occasionally. Eggs, milk, cheese, and so on were his way to go. Besides, as a cop, he loved donuts and bakery more. The only ti he ate at was when he was hanging out with the triads… good old days. They even had their own private chefs.
"That's good, because that's how you're going to live from now on," Tenzin said.
'Until I get back to work,' he nodded.
After dinner, it was sleep. After sleep, it was waking up early and training.
For the next fifteen days, that was his life.
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