earth training for the avatar

Trira walked into the palace, without noticing the guard. She even did not recognized the servants that were around her. She stood there, holding Lu and waited for Akio. As he came, she bowed before she said anything. "We were attacked by rebells after our training. I have tried to save him, but I have failed. I am so sorry.", she said to the earth king. Again, a tear appeared in her eye. The last tear she would cry for this day. "He begged me to tell you that you should rule like he did and that he loved you.", she then told Akio. Trira still stood there like she had when she had entered.

Tears started to roll down his cheek and he looked at the servants. "We need to get ready for a funeral. Send invited to the leaders of the nations. I do not care if my city is in chaos my father deserves the best funeral." Akio quickly yelled for a guard and then one showed up. "I want men patrolling the city find any rebel group and deal with them quickly. First, ask them to stop and then try agian if they don't. If they attack someone take the men that attacked and give them a trial. I am taking back my city." Akio walked and stood infront of Trira, he sighed and then said "Put him." He looked around and said "In his room, servant show her where his room is. I have some things to do."

Trira nodded. "As you wish, earth king.", she said and bowed before she followed the servant to the room of Lu. The feelings inside her were racing. Now she also thought if she could not have saved his life if she had reacted differently. For the first time she felt really like somebody who can do nothing. She felt like a looser. As they were in the room, Trira laid Lu on the bed and knelt infront of it. "I am so sorry.", she said to him. She could not imagine how somebody would have wanted a situation like this. It would only break the earth kingdom. Then she thought that this had been the goal.

The servant showered her the room and then she stood at the door looking inside at the semi-messy room filled with books and papers. She walked in and patted her on the shoulder. "It is ok, he lived a great life." She smiled and helped her up. "We should not worry about Lu there is nothing we can do for him. We need to worry about the king." She walked out of the room and then down the hall. Akio continued to run around the palace giving orders telling what to write to the nations. It mentioned peace, his father's passing, soon to be funeral, and the stare of his kingdom. He sighed and then walking in his father's favorite garden. He sat down on a bench and then breathed in and out.

Trira followed the servant out again and into the hall. There she watched Akio for a moment. When he sat down, she walked over to him. "I know it has to be hard for you to have lost him. Even if he had only been my teacher, it was very hard for me.", she told the king. For a moment she tried to find the right words to say. "But we have to remember what he had told and taught us and use it.", she then said. Then there was only one thing she could think of telling him now. "If you want, I help you destroying the rebellion."

"Hard?" he asked looking down at the floor and then up at her. "It is not hard, there is no word to describe this. My city is in chaos and my father, the man I looked up to is dead. It is more then hard for me." He sighed and then stood up, "I have no time to sit, rest, or even cry about this I have things to do. A rebellion to stop and a city to rebuild." He sighed and then looked around and at her. "I would like that, maybe with the avatar on my side I can get the people rebelling to stop."

Trira nodded. She was happy that she could do something. She hoped she would feel a little bit better then. "Tell me what I should do and I will do it.", she said to Akio. Somehow he remebered her of Lu. Akio seemed also not to run away from a fight. But she did not thought about that too much. She had to do a job now and she could not use the feeling of being remebered of Lu by Akio.

Akio said "I have no idea I told my guard to rally some of my troops. But that is not enough to stop all of them in my city. Plus the other cities that may have gotten taken over." he stood up and started to pace back and forth thinking of something to do with her. She was the avatar, he could use her to his advantages. "Lets see." He said and then stopped. "I want you to join the palace guards and my son to go around the upper ring and just weed out all the rebels here." He nodded to himself, "Follow me." He walked out the garden and started to walk down the hall.

Trira breathed out as Akio told her what she should do. Babysitter for the prince was not what she had thought of. But she had promised the earth king to do everything he wanted and she would do everything he wanted. So she followed him without saying a word. Trira was sure that the prince could defend himself if he had to, otherwise Akio would not send him out.

Akio turned and then sensed something was wrong with his decision of letting her take care of the rebels in the Upper Ring. He continued to walk and then took a turn, he walked through a bed room and then out on a balcony looking out at the Upper Ring. Smoke was rising from some houses and shouts could even be heard from their spot. "See this." Akio said pointing to it all. "This is how bad everything is, they are coming to get me. If you are annoying of being paired with my son and if you just think this will be some little mission to patrol the Upper Ring and take a few bad guy down then you are wrong." He looked out at the Ring and then rubbed his temples and forehead. He turned and walked into the bedroom and then back in the hall. He looked down and up it and then started to walk agian. They were going to the Royal Guards rooms in the lower levels of the palace.