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Overview[]
With the Tribesmen reinforcements the siege of the harbor was turned into the favor of the Qiangdians. Although not all is lost, but what becomes the fate of the commanders of the Fifth Nation-Northern Rebellion alliance?
Aloi, Senge, and Jushi are doing their part in helping to stop the siege of the Outer Wall, the Qiangdians are losing to the Omas. Will the reinforcements arrive in time to turn the tide in battle? Or will the Provincial Guard of the city be defeated? Bringing danger to the Earth King.
The end of the beginning, Senlin and Rong Yan fight to the death but who will win? Senlin discovered he's a lavabender does this make him a greater challenge for the Avatar?
Chapter 21: The Avatar and the Great Betrayer Part 4: Avatar Rong Yan[]
Book 3: Earth
Chapter 21: The Avatar and the Great Betrayer Part 4: Avatar Rong Yan
Suddenly, Senlin's wall completely melted at this point, the wall formed into a wave that was aimed at the Avatar. Both Senlin and Rong Yan were in shock, jaws dropped, and eyes widened. Senlin examined his palms and then the back of his hands he questioned himself, "I can lavabend...?"
"I CAN LAVABEND!" he cackled, the wave he pointed at his rival was spread more the patch of sand now expanded and heated into a pool of lava in front of him.
Senlin swung his arm down he saw that this caused the earth in front of him to crack and split. Magma emerged from the bottom and spewed out. Senlin grinned wickedly Shanshen has blessed him with the ability to bend lava and he couldn't be more than happy to now stop Tiandi's incarnate from ruining his plans. Almost like a waterbender he gracefully motioned his arms in fluid-like movements, the lava-like water moved around and toward the Avatar.
Tendrils of lava lashed out at Rong Yan drops of lava sprinkled near the Avatar, more tendrils burst out of the exposed pool of lava that continued to gush out more from under the earth's crust. Senlin with his newfound power now off his hinges. He swung both arms down and slowly lifted his arms as he broke a sweat. The amount of energy needed for the plan he hatched in his head was big he had hoped he wouldn't tire himself out.
More lava pooled out this created several yards of space between himself and Rong Yan, while doing this he sent waves toward Rong Yan. But the Avatar skated around the ground on earth shoes and easily avoided the waves of lava that came toward him. The island again this time more violently than before, the more lava the better it resumed and covered a third of the island. The middle of the island was now enveloped with molten rock.
Senlin rushed himself a bit in frustration because while he tried to overwhelm the Avatar, he saw that the young man danced around his strikes without complication. Senlin jutted his arms upward, he took a fun kiu stance. Shoulder-width apart he stood and he swung his arms counter-clockwise swiftly, the lava bubbled violently. A big enough hill rose in the middle of the pool, Rong Yan realized what Senlin was doing that he gasped.
He pushed up and Jinyin island shook again from the earthquake, this time the volcano spouted fresh molten lava out from the top. At the same time, Rong Yan heard a faint whisper in his ear, "Remember what I told you, Avatar Rong Yan."
"...remember..." repeated the voice, Rong Yan's memories flashed before him.
Rong Yan while in the Spirit World sat across from Avatar Mun Jin his past life he pleaded to the Air Avatar, "How? How do I defeat him? Just when I thought he was dead, he yet still lives. "Our hearts only see the feelings of our own, while it is completely blind to those of others. Your ego has corrupted your being slowly. Your greatest fear is filled with ego, egotistical people are not decisive and they make mistakes and that is his weakness," answered Mun Jin. The last few words in that sentence echoed in Rong Yan's mind, his goal now was to allow Senlin to make a mistake. Any little mistake that he needed to see the opportunity to stop him in time, Rong Yan saw one happening now. Senlin rose another wave as the island shook, the wave grew to a great height. He threw it at Rong Yan but the Avatar froze the wave in its tracks Senlin held his face in a scowl, "I knew you could do it."
"How else do you think I was able to destroy a city and kill millions?" Rong Yan questioned him with a rhetorical question.
The small paused quickly ended when the wave still stood in the Avatar's way and blocked him from his enemy's movements. Senlin used this as his chance to attack the Avatar while he's distracted, when the wave lowered with Rong Yan's control a massive boulder smashed into him. It was previously concealed by the lava wave he stopped in time. Specks of lava stuck themselves onto the chunk of earth, Rong Yan crashed into a crag hill. The boulder crumbled and the specks of lava burned holes into his clothing.
Rong Yan coughed and panted for air after the hit Senlin threw another but Rong Yan stopped it with water after pulled a wave out of the ocean. The wave froze and the boulder ceased its path, Rong Yan sliced the wave around the boulder to form an ice layer around it while the boulder itself served as its core. The ice layer was thick enough that prevented Senlin from trying to take control of it Rong Yan used both fists and pushed it forward. Rong Yan saw this as a weakness toward Senlin because the boulder struck Senlin and he couldn't halt it in time.
While Senlin recovered Rong Yan gathered ammunition, the commander steadily rose to his feet step by step. But more rocks wrapped in thick ice came to him, the first hit Senlin in his stomach, the second he ducked under while in pain as he held his stomach, and the third fell into the pool of lava. Senlin quickly lifted another wave of lava before he sent it toward the Avatar, Rong Yan used a counter and solidified the lava into volcanic rock.
Senlin engulfed himself in rock armor and used it to withstand the heat of the lava pool. With tentacles of lava, he whipped and flogged them at Rong Yan with the tips of the tentacles being flung off to hit him. Rong Yan rose a wall of lava that stopped the tentacles.
Like a water whip, it pulled lava out of the pool and wrapped it around him before he used it to strike Senlin. It knocked Senlin back into the pool, he stood up as the armor began to heat up and he wasn't able to handle the temperature. He broke the armor off and took a step back onto solid ground. From the volcanic rock wall, Rong Yan ripped parts of the cooling rock and shot them at his nemesis. Senlin loosened the dirt in front of him into sand. A small vortex of sand spun wildly Senlin kicked it toward the Avatar.
With remote earthbending, Senlin removed smaller pieces of the cooled down volcanic rock and pulled them off then released them at Rong Yan. Rong Yan couldn't avoid them because he didn't see them, one of them cut him near the left side of his lower ribs. Blood began to trickle out of the new wound he grabbed at his side and lifted his hand to his face to see his hand was stained with his own blood.
The second struck him in the right leg, while the third hit him in the right shoulder which led to bruises. Rong Yan slightly frowned with anger he had enough and flashed his eyes when Senlin saw Rong Yan in a ca bu stance. The island trembled again which gave Senlin the power to lift his third of the island higher than normally possible while Rong Yan lifted himself onto a water spout and turned off the pool of lava with huge waves. The waves crashed against the newly formed cliff of Senlin's platform.
Meanwhile, Sappak dropped his mace on someone's head and killed them instantly. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and gagged at the sight of brain matter on his weapon. He took a gander at the forerunner of the Northern Rebellion as two-thirds of it was already underwater. Several men and the power structure of the rebellion had fallen. All that was left was the Fifth Nation trapped by the Northern-Southern coalition's blockade.
Seven coalition ships had sunk to the bottom of the inlet. Fifteen were severely damaged, while another five were lightly damaged. The rest were untouched, two ships ran out of ammunition but they have an unlimited source of water to make icicles out of. The waterbenders on rafts resumed their mission to trap Fifth Nation ships on ice to prevent them from retreating. The stern of the flagship of the Fifth Nation was burnt to a crisp. The waterbending pirates had done their best to turn the fires off and now Sao Feng fumed with anger.
The naval marines had already won and it was apparent to Sao Feng that the invasion's numbers weren't big enough. They needed the Oma navy, he knew it was over but it wasn't for himself or his Fifth Nation. At least now all the marines would have to do is capture those who surrendered themselves. A large coin was ripped out of the ground.
Three marines took their stances and immediately tossed the coin at the flag runner of the Fifth Nation. The coin crashed in the cabin on the ship which destroyed the structure and most likely killed everyone inside. The marines stood their ground once more in line formation, discs popped out of the ground and were aimed at the cannon ports of Fifth Nation ships.
This time they wanted to eliminate all the cannons. Various Fifth Nation ships shook as the smaller coins blew right into the hull of the ships. Sappak furthered into the town and carried on with the bloodshed as he slaughtered all the non-benders he came in contact with. He eventually ran into Unaraq he examined the large and heavy mace wielded by the Northern fleet admiral a few feet from him. Unaraq and Sappak gazed at each other then Unaraq eyed a shield made of earth. Unaraq ran to grab it while Sappak charged at him with his mace in both hands.
Unaraq rolled forward and dodged the first swing of the war mace. With his machete, he pivoted around and sliced at Sappak's upper thigh from behind. Sappak fell to one knee while the mace dropped out of the grip of his hands. Sappak grabbed his weapon again and powered through the new wound, once he stood up he staggered a bit but he held his ground.
They charged at each other Sappak dodged another swipe of the machete but just barely knicked the younger warrior. Unaraq's left elbow was instantaneously shattered after it was hit by the mace. His arm now broken at the elbow he screamed and winced in pain. Unaraq dropped his sword and took the shield on the other hand Sappak noticed this and charged at the warrior again.
Unaraq used the shield against the much older warrior, he covered his head with the earth buckler. Sappak never stopped he continued to strike the shield until it shattered so that he could slay the kid. Eventually, the shield did break but only a piece of it broke when Sappak cocked the mace back Unaraq smashed him with the shield face-first. Sappak staggered back then Unaraq slammed the shield against Sappak. The older warrior fell back Unaraq used the broken jagged edge of the earth targe and slammed on the nose ridge of Sappak once.
Unaraq broke Sappak's nose first and saw that it was indeed a deadly weapon as is, Unaraq was frightened of dying again. He repeatedly slammed the edge of it onto Sappak's face. He left the shield lodged into Sappak's skull. The fleet admiral of the Northern Rebellion was killed by a warrior with a broken arm. A Qiangdian soldier saw this he came to Unaraq's aid, he ripped a piece of fallen soldier's clothing and used it to fashion a sling for Unaraq.
After he helped Unaraq with his new sling he escorted the young warrior to the infirmary. He knew that Unaraq was done with battle and at this point, the siege at the harbor had ended with the Qiangdians as victors. Sao jumped ship as the Fifth Nation forerunner sank faster, he swam to land as the flagship was pelted with cannonballs. He lowered his head in sadness when the ship blew up behind him everyone on board was immediately killed. At least those who still survived as his pyramid structure collapsed. He was just glad that Wu Shi and Mako stayed in Shouchun, he made the right decision in leaving them there.
Sao Feng was surrounded by surviving marines that held their weapons he dropped his longbow and dropped to his knees slowly. He lifted his hands in the air and lowered his head in shame, the powerful Regent-Pirate Lord of the Fifth Nation surrendered to the Qiangda Kingdom. This was inevitably his demise but he accepted his fate when the siege began.
The other Fifth Nation ships had seen this act that the others also fastened a white flag and pulled at the ropes of their flag poles. A white flag flew on each ship for the Qiangdians to see. The two Rebellion ships that held out as well surrendered the men on the ships on their knees rose their hands up.
At the same time, Jushi was on a sand vortex as his sandpit grew larger and more men sunk into the pit. He squeezed his hands into fists as the sand crawled on the victims and swallowed them whole. The front line was covered by a sandstorm created by Jushi and Aloi. While they both dominated the front line a sniper from the back threw a rock at Jushi that struck him in the forehead ultimately knocking him out unconscious and of the vortex.
Senge came in and conjured an air cushion which broke Jushi's fall and circumvented further damage to his body. Senge glanced back at Aloi and yelled at her, "ALOI! Get him out of here!"
"No! Senge what about you?!" she cried.
"Just go! You'll both die if you don't! I owe this much to the world!" Senge shouted in return.
Aloi suctioned Jushi and dragged him away with a strong gust of air, at the same time, she shed a tear for Senge. Senge lashed out in anger he strengthened the speed of the wind around everyone and began the dangerous extraction of air from the lungs of over fifty men at once. This took a toll on his body as he focused on it. Senge grew exhausted after he suffocated a number of them he too dropped to his knees and panted after many men laid dead.
Horns sounded off in the distance as Senge lost consciousness, the Qiangdians near him dragged him away while the men near Senge roared in triumph when hundreds of earth platformed rode on the ground with twenty to forty men on each. The commander on the top of the beamed in happiness and yelled to his men, "Thank Tiandi they're here! The reinforcements are here!"
One-hundred-and-eighty-thousand men rushed to the aid of the remaining seventeen-thousand Provincial Guards that hung by hangnail in the battle against the forty-six-thousand Oma Kingdom troops. This boosted their morales to high levels when the fresh faces came into battle the Qiangdians pushed forward.
"Together! As one!" shouted one of the soldiers on the front lines. Large coins burst out of the ground and were flung at the Omas. While the siege towers continued to take out several Qiangdians, the reinforcements had never seen such a contraption before. But they weren't scared to take it down.
Senge was dragged to the infirmary behind the Outer Wall while Senge and Jushi were being treated, Aloi cried non-stop in a corner while another soldier did his best to comfort her during this hard time. Taishan, Bojang, and Sunhuai were here as well although the healers were frustrated because Taishan died of blood loss. Sunhuai will not be happy when he awakens.
The aid station held a large number of injured those that we're lucky to survive the first several hours of battle. There were tons of farmers here, and several other soldiers. However, no royal guards were found, they all protected Qiang Zhen in layers of men and elite soldiers that confined themselves to the Upper Ring. The walls shook all the time at this point and they did receive a substantial amount of damage but not enough to break through which angered the Omas.
Rong Yan had several cuts and bruises on his body, his clothing was torn, his hair was messed up he had dirt stains on his face and he was tired. While his counterpart Senlin was worse for wear but in much better shape than the Avatar. Rong Yan released a lengthy exhale and resumed his battle with the Great Betrayer, Senlin pelted Rong Yan with a barrage of bullets.
Rong Yan dodged most of the bullets that were launched at him and some were stopped in their trajectory and redirected at Senlin. One of the bullets luckily nicked him and sliced open his neck a bit, from exhaustion and the new laceration Rong Yan plopped to the ground. Senlin cackled because he knew he hit the Avatar, he leaped off the platform and clopped over to Rong Yan.
Rong Yan was on the brink of certain death as the blood poured from the gash, this was it he will die soon he thought. Then he heard faint whispering again but he assumed it was Izatoki calling his name from the Spirit World.
It sounded like Jushi's voice, "You can do this...remember..."
"Trust the earth...Rong Yan...trust it," whispered the voice.
He stared at the nothingness of the dark skies above him. The stars weren't visible this evening Senlin stood over Rong Yan, his blurred vision couldn't make out the Great Betrayer's face.
"I told you this time I will win, at the end of the day I defeated Ku Tei with age. But you...I will defeat you here...now...with strength...did you think mastering the four elements would save you?" chuckled Senlin.
"This is your end, Avatar," Senlin finished he rose his foot above Rong Yan's head.
"The minerals...they can heal you..." he recalled Jushi's lesson.
Senlin stomped down to kill the Avatar but Rong Yan sank into the ground once he allowed the earth to take him. Senlin disapproved of the Avatar's defense, "I already told you only badgermoles burrow, Avatar."
Senlin lifted his arms over his head but the earth underneath wouldn't budge, he attempted again but no avail. Now Senlin exasperate he tried again with more motions but the earth would not move underneath his feet Rong Yan trusted the earth as his eyes glowed and the crystal deep under the island encased the Avatar's body.
The crystals as Jushi taught Rong Yan healed his body with the energy they carried it was something about the minerals under the earth that Avatar Bhudev knew could heal someone. The ground shook again with another earthquake Senlin maintained his balance through the quake.
Rong Yan burst out the ground in full clad armor of crystal Senlin tossed another hill at the Avatar but disintegrated once it made contact with Rong Yan. His eyes glowed within the armor Senlin rose a wall of earth to protect himself when the pieces of armor shot off Rong Yan's body.
When the coast was clear he sunk the wall, his eyes widened in disbelief and shock when he saw the Avatar's wounds were instantly healed Rong Yan shot fire out of his hands and spiraled into the air while in the Avatar State. Soon Senlin gasped when he saw the Avatar balance on a vortex of fire he'd never seen anything like it. While Rong Yan was riding on the fire spout he gave a deafening roar that put fear into the heart of his enemy. Senlin staggered back and covered his face from the temperature of the vortex.
Senlin shook the fear and panic that suddenly hit his body, the island shook again which now empowered his bending he ripped chunks of the island out of the ground and threw in the direction of the Avatar. The fire vortex dispersed but Rong Yan formed a sphere of hurricane speed winds around himself. Senlin tossed the first chunk but Rong Yan dodged it, the second was thrown but it disintegrated once it entered the radius of the sphere. The third massive chunk was ceased by Rong Yan, his control was far greater than Senlin's.
Senlin sunk into the ground and popped up behind Rong Yan with a sneak attack. Rocks hit the sphere but to no effect. Rong Yan dropped waves of water onto the island while in this state and attempted to drown Senlin. The angry-expression on the Avatar's face frightened Senlin even more, the glow bored into the Great Betrayer's soul. Senlin surfed around the island on waves of earth and ran away from the water that attempted to take him. While Rong Yan was in this barrier of the air that protected him he plummeted to the ground which caused a massive ripple.
Senlin tumbled off the earth wave from the shock and injured himself, Rong Yan rose again in the rotating sphere of air. Chunks of rock near Senlin flew toward Rong Yan and formed a ring around the Avatar's waist. Fire from his mouth formed another ring and water from the oceans that surrounded the island formed another ring. Senlin felt nasty anxiety he used another earth wave hoping he'd escape the grasp of the Avatar.
Rong Yan from the ring around his waist shot pressurized bullets of the earth at Senlin to stop him but it failed. Senlin was quick, the winds picked up to extreme speeds. Senlin was focused on escaping the island one way or another.
Senlin blindly flung chunks of the ground at the Avatar who chased him Rong Yan heated the surface of two-thirds of the island and magma emerged from the island's surface. It burned Senlin's legs and feet, he then fell off the earth wave again. Rong Yan is now above a fallen Senlin that has given up, "Okay! You win! Let me go!" Senlin yelled at the Avatar.
"COMMANDER SENLIN YOU'VE BEEN PERMITTED TO EXIST FOR FAR TOO LONG IN THIS WORLD!" echoed the hundreds of voices behind the young Avatar.
"YOU'VE TAKEN MANY LIVES OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS AND HAVE LAUGHED IN YAMA'S FACE. THE GOD OF DEATH CALLS YOUR NAME, SENLIN!" roared Rong Yan.
"YOU WERE MADE OF EARTH AND YOU WILL RETURN TO THE EARTH!" Rong Yan finished.
While in the air he swung his arms violent and out came a gauntlet made of crystal that trapped Senlin in its fingers. The hundreds of voices inside the Avatar roared to intimidate Senlin further he felt that sudden death was upon him at this point. Senlin struggled when Rong Yan formed a drill made of water, earth, fire, and air toward Senlin's chest.
Senlin's cries for mercy went ignored and unheard the drill punctured Senlin's chest he felt this rush of energy that no one deserved to feel. He felt no pain however he looked down as his body began to change form. His body sluggishly turned into stone the elements crawled into his body suddenly his screams for mercy stopped. Within the crystal gauntlet was a man made of stone trapped in its fingers. Rong Yan finished the job his eyes no longer emitted light, he hovered steadily to the ground as the sphere dispersed.
Rong Yan whispered to himself, "Its...over..."
Shen roared from the skies and dropped down, the island shook again Rong Yan took a fun kiu stance and flashed his eyes as he stabilized the tectonic plates. Shanshen was healed Rong Yan limped over to Shen but he lost consciousness before he reached his animal guide. Shen grabbed his master by the pants and gently placed him inside the saddle and then flew off.
After a huge aftershock hit the Outer Wall from Jinyin the Omas retreated, Jushi and Senge were transported to the palace's sickbay by Qiagniao. There world-class healers under the employment of Qiang Zhen would heal them. Hours later, Unaraq, Lord Cupun, and Chieftain Unirak arrived at the palace. Aloi turned around when she heard the palace doors open she eyed her boyfriend and noticed his left arm was broken and in a sling. Her future father-in-law was in a wheelchair and Lord Cupun was only beat up and bruised with bandages on his arms and legs.
Aloi began to cry as she ran over to Unaraq who limped over to her she gently embraced her loved and cried on his shoulder. Aloi sobbed, "I-I was so worried I'd lose you."
"You almost did but Palartok saved my life..." Unaraq shed a tear. He then kissed Aloi's forehead and held her in a hug.
"Where's Senge and Jushi?" he questioned her.
"They're in the Earth King's healer's station being treated by some of the best healers in the world," responded Aloi.
"Master Aloi, Prince Unaraq," called out Qiang Zhen. Both of them knelt from where they stood as the Earth King rose from his throne.
"Thank you, without you, without Master Jushi and Master Senge, without Chieftain Unirak..." paused the Earth King as he faced Unaraq "...your father, without Lord Cupun...I don't know what would've happened to the safety of my citizens. I am forever in your debts."
Two Days Later
Unirak was being pushed in his wheelchair by Aloi to the steps of the palace again when Jushi saw the dragon. He beamed, "He's here!"
Shen's roar echoed across the palace grounds they hurried inside because they knew that he'd enter. They waited for him in the palace, when the throne room doors were opened Rong Yan limped inside he saw his friends most of them were injured except Aloi. He fell onto one knee in front of his friends and the Earth King.
The Avatar was bruised and beaten himself while knelt Rong Yan said, "I-I killed...him."
Qiang Zhen stood from his throne with his scepter and tapped the Avatar's shoulder, "Thank you for your service to the Qiangda Kingdom, we cannot thank you enough, young Avatar. The union between the Northern Rebellion and the Fifth Nation is over, now we can look to the future. From this point forth you're more than welcome in my city. And I will be gifting you a home here for when you choose to vacation here in the warmer climates."
Several Hours Later
Senge prepared his bison Gyoki, Rong Yan approached Senge and told him, "I guess this is goodbye for now."
"Yeah I had a blast, I'm just glad I won't be alone on the flight back home," smiled Senge.
Jushi pushed Unirak toward the bison where he formed a ramp up to the saddle and continued to push the chieftain up it. After Unirak was secured in the saddle Jushi folded it Unaraq hugged Rong Yan, then Aloi joined in, Senge and Jushi also participated in the group hug. Unaraq smiled, "This isn't the end, we're friends for life."
"I hope you'll join us in Aupaluk when Tanaraq gives birth to my niece or nephew," Aloi mentioned to Rong Yan.
Jushi stood in front of the Avatar and placed his hand on his shoulder, "I'm hoping we can do some bounties together sometime."
"Send me a letter and I'll be there," laughed Rong Yan.
Rong Yan hopped on Shen with airbending, Senge gave him a thumbs up while everyone else waved goodbye. Both Shen and Gyoki ascended into the air at the same time, except they split into different directions. Rong Yan patted Shen, "Its time for us to go back home, Shen."
A Week Later
An executioner held a large ax over Palartok's neck as he was chained he gave a light prayer, "STOP!" Unaraq shouted. The reaction from the crowd was negative how could the southern prince halt the execution of the traitor.
"The traitor must die!" one shouted.
Tulok gestured Unaraq for silence but Unaraq ignored him. Tanaraq stood up and yelled at her brother, "What are you doing, Unaraq?!"
"No! He doesn't deserve to die!" argued Unaraq.
"When I was on the brink of death, he used his oasis water to save my life. He didn't have to but he did it anyway. If it weren't for Palartok, Chieftain Unirak my father would be grieving my death right now," reasoned Unaraq as he tried to convince Tulok.
Tulok commanded the royal guards, "Cut his binds, he's free to live his life peacefully. No prison time either."
The crowd booed the order they disapproved of the decision Tulok waved his hand to silence the crowd. Unaraq extended his hand to Palartok and said, "A life for a life, my debt is repaid."
Five Years Later
There was a huge wedding in the Fire Nation, a sea of seats filled the front of the palace courtyard several familiar faces attended the wedding. Tanaraq had a little boy on her lap, next to her sat Chieftain Tulok and Lord Cupun. Jushi was with some random date he brought to the wedding so he wouldn't be alone. Senge sat there in ceremonial robes and next to him were Unaraq and a pregnant Aloi. Unirak next to his daughter-in-law, Rong Yan's masters were present as well. Master Naartok, Master Yong Ten, and Master Takumi along with his parents, and his aunts. Two years ago, his grandmother passed away due to the illness that no longer plagued the Fire Nation.
Near his masters was an old companion who was much older now, Palartok smiled at Rong Yan and gave a thumbs up when he looked at Yua. Rong Yan kowtowed to a towering and older Fire Lord Yeh Lu five times. Head Sage Xiao was elderly and soon would retire he presented the audience with the new couple in wedlock.
"I now present you the husband and bride, Avatar Rong Yan and Princess Yua of the Lu Dynasty!" announced Sage Xiao.
"You may kiss your bride, Avatar," he finished.
Rong Yan pulled Yua in closer their heads steadily reached and their lips quivered with emotion. Finally, this was the moment that Rong Yan knew his happy ever after started with Yua, he somehow always knew he'd end up with her. Their foreheads touched and he gave her a romantic tongue kiss as his friends, and his new extended family cheered and clapped for them. Fireworks went off in the distance, Avatar Rong Yan and Princess Yua held hands and walked down the steps.
The End
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