The Backbender (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: The Blind Bandit!



"This should be the town famous for its excellent Earth Bending teachers," Kanuk says as they walk into the town. Katara and Fei look around curiously, and Yue is next to Kanuk.

"How are you adjusting to Water Bending?" Kanuk asked with a smile as he turned to Yue. He granted her Water Bending a few days ago, and her talent is surprising.

She might be even more talented than Katara without the ring. Yue looks at Kanuk and smiles as she looks at her hand.

"It feels... Different. Like I am complete." Yue smiles as her hand clenches into a fist. She always felt incomplete before, but now she has Water Bending, which made her feel complete for the first time.

"Don't worry. You will get stronger as I train you." Kanuk rubbed Yue's head with a smile, causing her to blush as she looked at the ground with embarrassment.

"Look! A training school for Earth Benders" Kanuk and Yue turn to Katara and Fei standing at the front of a bending school. Kanuk shakes his head in disappointment.

There is no better Earth Bender alive than Toph. Bumi might give her a run for her money, but he does not compare her with seismic sense.

She is also a prodigy who created Metal bending and even swamp bending. She is the strongest Earth Bender.

"That school is a scam. Where we need to look is under us." Kanuk's words confused the three as they looked at the ground. All they saw was the floor.

"Under us? You mean we have to dig down?" Katara asked with confusion. Kanuk shook his head and motioned for them to follow after him.

"I am talking about an underground fighting tournament. That is where our teacher is," Kanuk explained with a smile. Realisation dawned on their faces.

"But isn't that dangerous? They are underground, so it must not be totally legal." Yue asked with concern in her voice. Kanuk smirked as he heard this. Why would he care about danger?

"Yeah. But I wouldn't worry. I am here, after all," Kanuk smirked as he said. Katara sighed at his antics, though everyone there knew what he said was true.

"So who is our teacher going to be?" Fei asked as the four of them continued walking towards a place that Kanuk saw. Kanuk smiled as he sensed and saw Toph getting ready for her fight.

"I don't know. That is why we are going to the tournament. Isn't it?" Kanuk says with a smile. The three girls nodded with a bored expression at his mysterious words.

Kanuk smiles as he leads them to the tournament. After getting in, they sit down and wait for the tournament to begin. Kanuk watches as the fights start.

The first match was nothing impressive to all four of them. It was just a weak Earth Bender. This continues until Toph is called up against the Boulder!

"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome, The Blind Bandit against The Boulder!" The announcer announces in excitement, the crowd shouting as they watch Toph and the Boulder stand a distance from each other.

The Boulder looks at Toph and grins as his loud voice reaches out to Toph.

"Little girl! Better give up before The Boulder Crushes you!" Toph smirks as he hears that. The Boulder stomps on the ground, but he is too late for that.

Vibrations in the ground go up Toph's legs. She smirked as, with a precise stomp, the ground under the surface swelled up. A ling goes under Boulder's foot before it lands on the ground.

Screech*

The Boulder falls into a split, his face scrunching as his pained and hurt voice is heard. Kanuk clenches his legs as he watches.

"Damn... That was brutal. I love it!" Fei stands up with shining eyes as she jumps into the arena. Kanuk was about to stop her, but he sighed as he watched.

"Oh? Who's this lady? A new challenger!" The announcer's loud voice came out as he announced. Fei smirked as she looked down mysteriously. Her voice deepened as she spoke.

"I am The Pebble!" And the crowd goes silent!

Everybody looked down at the ring, their faces. Kanuk cracked up, and even Katara and Yue chuckled.

"The Pebble? Well, get ready to be crushed!" Toph smirked, and she stomped on the ground with her feet. Fei opened her eyes wide as a spike burst from under the ground. She jumps up, narrowly avoiding it.

Swoosh!

Toph narrowed her eyes as she stopped feeling where Fei was. Her only weakness is that she can't sense things from the air. She needs vibrations to see.

Swoosh!

Fei used her glider and flew towards the confused Toph. Fei crashed into Toph, knocking her out of the ring with a crash. The audience stopped and stared in anger.

"My money!"

"I lost!"

"My wife will kill me!"

Toph stood up, and as Fei was about to walk to her. She stormed off in anger. Fei watched with confused eyes, and Kanuk sighed as he stood up.

Walking into the arena. Kanuk picked up Fei and the others and flew into the air. The ceiling above tore open, and a hole opened to the sky. Through that hole, the four of them left.

"What now... She was the best option to be my teacher." Fei asked with a bit of sadness in her voice. She thought she was the reason she left in anger.

"Don't worry. Your teacher will be her. We will go and talk to her parents." Kanuk knows the best way to have her join them is to have her do it like the original version.

A few hours later, Kanuk and the three others meet with Toph's parents. They are dressed in expensive clothing since they have no money issues. Kanuk is filthy rich.

Especially since he knows how much gold is on the bottom of the ocean. It's billions of pounds of gold. He could buy the world if he wanted to.

"Hello. We are looking for a teacher. We want your daughter to be her teacher," Kanuk says as he points at Fei. Toph's parents look at each other with confusion.

"I'm afraid you are mistaken. Our daughter is a weak and vulnerable girl. She could never be a powerful bender, let alone a teacher." The mother says while wiping her tears from the corner of her eye.

The father comforts the mother. He rests his hand on her shoulder. Kanuk sighed as his lips twitched.

"This is going to be a long night."

Meanwhile...

In a large war tank moving through the forest. Mai and Ty Lee drive the Massive machine, with Azula smirking. The machine already knows the route that the team took.

"We are near, and once I catch you. I will be the Fire Lord once and for all!" Azula's voice is heard inside the Tank as her eyes glow in excitement.

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