Ok this is a big rewrite ok um… yeah… will have prequel… at some point well help me with inspiration..Pairings Naruto x Thalia Percy x Annabeth Aang x Katarra Sokka x Suki Toph x ? (help on that) ok
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I own nothing to Naruto to Percy Jackson
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"Hey Sparky how youholding." A spiky blond hair boy with sky blue eyes in an orange shirt and dark ripped jeans and black and orange tennis shoes, in his hands twin blades shouldered to the slightly smaller girl behind him
"Fine whiskers, you?" a girl with choppy black with electric blue eyes hair cargo jacket with torn jeans black tennis shoes and a shield in hand.
"Just great, do you think we will make out of this alive?"
"No, well maybe.." they were surrounded by hellhounds. When a hound came up and slashed Thalia. She screamed.
"Thalia!" Naruto's eyes and whiskers glowed. Wind whipped and destroyed all the hounds. Then a light engulfed both of them and pine tree grew in place.
500 years ago
In the arctic waters of the South Pole, a small boat could be seen slowly drifting. In it were two teenagers. One boy with tan skin, blue eyes, shaved head save for a strip of brown hair pulled back in a small ponytail. The other was a girl, also with tan skin, blue eyes, and brown hair. Some of the hair was pulled into a bun; the rest was braided into a ponytail beneath it. Both were wearing thick blue fur clothes. The boy held a spear as he hungrily watched a fish swim by.
"It's not getting away from me this time." he said. "Watch and learn Katara." he said to the girl. "This is how you catch a fish."Katara threw him a skeptical look. She looked down and spotted another fish. She took her glove off and started waving her hand. A globe of water holding the fish rose out of the sea. "Sokka, look." she called.
"Shh, Katara, you're gonna scare him away." he whispered, not taking his eyes off the fish. He licked his lips. "Mmm. I already smell him cooking."
"But Sokka, I caught one." She continued to move the globe through the air.
Sokka reared the spear back…into the globe. Like a balloon it popped. The fish jumped back into the sea. "Hey!" Katara yelled.
While the water splashed on Sokka. "Aah!" he cried. Sokka glared at Katara. "Why is it," he growled, "that every time you play with magic water I get soaked?"
Katara sighed. "It's not magic. It's waterbending. And it's-"
"Yeah, yeah, an ancient art unique to our culture, blah, blah, blah." Sokka recited. 'You've only told like 1000 times' "Look, I'm just saying that if I had weird powers, I'd keep my weirdness to myself."
Katara raised an eyebrow. "You're calling me weird? I'm not the one who makes muscles at myself every time I see my reflection." To prove her point Sokka was doing it right now. Sokka glared at her.
The boat suddenly shook as it was picked up by a fast current. Sokka started paddling to keep from crashing into ice chunks.
"Watch out!" Katara yelled. Two chunks of ice were headed for a collision course ahead of them. If the boat got caught between them, it would be crushed.
"Go left. Go left!" she cried. The boat rammed into several ice chunks before ultimately getting crushed by the ice. They were forced out of the boat and onto a chunk of ice. Both looked around and realized they were stranded.
"You call that left?" Katara asked.
"You don't like my steering. Well maybe you should of waterbended us out of the ice." Sokka said, making a waterbending motion.
Katara stood up. "So it's my fault?"
"I knew I should have left you home. Leave it to a girl to mess things up."
Katara glared at him. "You are the most sexist, immature, nut brained," she yelled flailing her arms, unconsciously bending the water behind her. "I'm embarrassed to be related to you!" The iceberg behind her cracked. Sokka eyes widened. "Ever since mom died I've been doing all the work around camp while you've been off playing soldier!"
"Um, Katara." Sokka said meekly.
"I even wash all the clothes! Have you even smelled your dirty socks? Let me tell you. Not pleasant!" The iceberg cracked further.
"Katara! Settle down!"
"No! That's it! I'm done helping you. From now on you're on your own!" The iceberg broke, finally catching Katara's attention. It collapsed and pushed them back.
"Ok. You've gone from weird to freakish Katara."
"You mean I did that?"
"Yep. Congratulations." A blue light from the caught their attention. The water bubbled as it got bigger. The light burst out of the water and turned out to be a glowing iceberg.
Katara looked closely at the iceberg and saw two figures, one big and one small. She raised an eyebrow. 'What the heck?'
The smaller shape opened its glowing eyes, shocking the two teens. "He's alive. We have to help." Katara exclaimed. She snatched Sokka's club and headed toward the iceberg.
"Katara get back here." Sokka ordered. "We don't know what that thing is." He grabbed his spear and chased after his sister. By the time he got there, Katara was already clubbing the iceberg. With one last mighty swing she broke through, releasing a burst of air that blew them back. It started to crack right through the middle before bursting and a light shot up into the sky. Tigerseals roared but stopped after a big boom. The light shot into what looked like a big hole in the sky where the same colored light circled down around the beam and crashed into the iceberg. Katara, Sokka, and the Tigerseals weren't the only ones to see the light. On a metal boat not too far away, a teenage boy in red and black armor stared at the light in slight awe before glaring at it. "Finally." he said. His head was mostly shaved, just a small patch of hair where a ponytail grew out of it. His most noticeable feature however was the scar covering his left eye to his ear.
"Uncle, do you realize what this means?" the boy said to an old man wearing red robes and armor.
"I won't get to finish my game." The man responded.
"It means," The boy ignored the remark, "my search is about to come to an end."
The old man sighed. 'Here we go again.' He thought. "That light came from an incredibly powerful source. It has to be him."
"Or it's just the celestial lights. We've been down this road before Prince Zuko. I don't want you to get too excited over nothing." Zuko's uncle said continuing playing his game of cards.
"Sit. Why don't you have a nice cup of calming Jasmine Tea?"
"I don't need any tea calming tea! I need to capture the Avatar!" Zuko exclaimed. "Helmsman. Head a course to the light." Uncle sighed and placed an air card over another air card. A breeze swept through the area. The steam cleared, allowing the siblings to see. They looked at each other then back to the iceberg. Sokka raised his spear as if waiting for something to happen. He didn't have to wait long. Two glowing people rose out the iceberg. One had a glowing arrow on his head, the other had 3 glowing lines on each cheek, both had glowing eyes. Sokka raised his spear higher.
"Stop." They stood fully up looking very intimidating. The glow disappeared and they both collapsed. Luckily Katara was able to catch them both. Sokka poked them with his spear. Katara swatted him away. "Stop it." She gently set them down. The bald one slowly started to awaken. He opened his storm grey eyes and gasped when he saw Katara. 'Beautiful.' He thought.
"I need to ask you something." He said weakly.
"What?"
"Please come closer."
"What is it?"
"Will you go penguin sledding with me?" he asked excitedly.
Katara raised an eyebrow at his sudden burst of energy. "Uh, sure, I guess."
While they were talking Sokka was studying them. The bald kid with the arrow was wearing yellow clothing. 'Earth Kingdom?' The lack of green clothing told him otherwise. 'Orange and yellow? Why does that sound familiar?' He then looked at the other kid who was still unconscious. The kid had yellow hair, something Sokka had never heard of before. He also had 3 lines on each cheek and he was wearing a orange shirt with bluish material that looked durable. He was also wearing blck and orange weird type of shoes.
The bald kid floated to his feet. "What's going on here?" the kid asked.
"You tell us." Sokka said, pointing his spear at him. "How'd you get in the ice? Why aren't you frozen?"
"I'm not sure."
A yawn caught their attention. The other boy got up and, still half-asleep.
"Um, wait, um, what's his name?" Katara asked the arrow boy. He shrugged.
Sokka narrowed his eyes at him. "You don't know you're friend's name."
"I've never met him before."
They watched as he realized where he was…mostly.
"Um… where am I?" the kid took in his surroundings. Including the three in front of him. A deep growl startled them all. The tattooed boy scampered up the hill of ice and jumped down on a big furry animal. "Appa! Are you alright? Wake up boy." He tried to nudge it awake. The other three walked around and gasped at the sight of Appa, who licked arrow boy. "You're okay!"
"What the hell is that?" Sokka yelled.
"This is Appa, my flying bison."
"Right and this is Katara, my flying sister."
Appa sneezed, shooting snot out of his nose. Aang ducked in time, leaving Sokka to get covered in snot. "Eww! Ugh!" he rolled on the ground to get it off.
"Don't worry. It'll wash out."
The blond kid grimaced. "Gross."
"So do you guys live around here?" the bald boy asked.
"Don't answer that! Did you see that crazy light beam? They were probably trying to signal the Fire Navy."
The blond tilted his head. 'Fire Navy?'
Katara rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah. They're Fire Navy spies. You can tell by the evil looks in their eyes." baldy grinned innocently while the blond tilted his head, eyes squinted.
'If only they knew' he looked down sadly
"The paranoid one is my brother, Sokka. You never told us your names."
"I'm A-ah-ACHOO!" the bald kid sneezed and flew into the sky. He landed softly and sniffed. "I'm Aang."
"You just sneezed and flew 10 ft. in the air." Sokka stated incredulously.
"Really? It felt higher than that."
"Yeah. It was more like 17 ft." The blond jumped up as high as Aang previously had and landed in Appa's saddle. "Yep. 17. I'm Naruto Uzumaki nice to meet you guys like you ,Aang, I just got here."
Katara gasped. "You're airbenders!"
"Sure am."
"What's an airbender?" They looked at the blond with incredulous looks.
"Who doesn't know about airbenders?" Aang asked.
" Naruto Uzumaki! Not an airbender. I'm a ninja. " Naruto said.
They blinked."What's a ninja?" they asked.
Naruto face faulted. "Well," he scratched his head, "I guess you can call us specially trained fighters or warriors."
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Sokka laughed. Naruto glared at him. "What's so funny?"
"You expect us to believe you're a warrior?"
"Am so!"
"Oh yeah?" Sokka challenged..
Naruto jumped off Appa and in Sokka's face. "Yeah."
"Okay, break it up you two." Katara said wedging herself between the two. The two separated, still glaring at each other.
"Giant light beams…big holes in the sky…flying bison…airbenders…annoying ninjas…I think I've got Midnight Sun Madness. I'm going home where things make sense." He turned around and realized that there was no way off the iceberg.
"Well if you guys are stuck, Appa and I can give you a lift." Aang airbent himself onto Appa's head.
"Cool." Naruto hopped into the back saddle.
"We'd love a ride thanks." Katara bowed.
"Oh no. I am not getting on that fluffy snot monster." Sokka protested.
"Are you hoping some other kind of monster will come along and give you a ride? You know…before you freeze to death." Sokka started to say something but stopped and gave up.
Naruto laughed. "I like you." he said to Katara.
Sokka crossed his arms in annoyance while Katara and Naruto seemed excited. "Okay. First time flyers hold on tight!" Aang called. "Appa, yip yip!" Appa flapped his tail and jumped into the air…and fell into the water, starting to swim.
"Wow. That was truly amazing." Sokka says full of sarcasm.
"Appa's just tired. A little rest and he'll be soaring through the sky." Aang made a soaring motion with his head. "You'll see." He smiled back at them, particularly at Katara. He stared at her brown hair, tanned skin, and ocean blue eyes.
"Why are you smiling at me like that?" she asked, noticing his stare.
"Oh. I was smiling?" Sokka groaned. Naruto laughed but stopped and look at her
"Hey Katara were am I anyway one moment I am trying to beat some hounds that were attacking me and.. OH MY GODS! I left Thalia! Have you happen to see a girl with choppy black hair electric blue eyes?" He said. Katara shook her head negatively so did the boys.
" The south pole and How did you get so torn up." Katara asked
Aang looked at him. " WELL GREAT HOW DID I GET HERE? Oh Um how can I do this to the point well my friends and I were to find this camp that is safe for special people… I will tell you later… when we were close we were attacked Thalia and I told the others to go a ahead. We fought for our lives. We fought till Thalia got hurt then I blacked out. Then I woke Up with you guys."Aang's eyes grew wide. "Well I tell you more tomorrow." As Naruto looked to the dark sky and fell asleep.
They all laid down to rest.
"Come on, get ready. We're in the village and everyone wants to meet you two." While pulling on thier clothes Katara looked at Aang's tattoos and Naruto's marks. Plus they were still half a sleep
There to meet them were a group of women and young children. "Aang, Naruto, this is the village. Entire village, Aang and Naruto." Aang bowed while Naruto waved. The villagers backed away a bit.
"Why are they looking at us like that?" Aang asked Katara.
Naruto recognized the look in their eyes. "They're afraid of us." Naruto answered for her.
An old woman steeped up. "Not so much afraid as surprised. No one has seen an airbender in a hundred years. We thought they were extinct until my granddaughter and grandson found you."
"Extinct?" 'What's she talking about?' Aang thought.
"Well you've seen ninja before, right? Or demigods?" Naruto asked, puffing out his chest for effect.
"Nope. Never heard of them. What is a demigod?" The old lady responded. Naruto deflated.
"You would not know or want to know." She did not seem to take it.
"This is my grandmother." Katara introduced the old woman.
"Yes but you may call me gran gran."
Sokka snatched Aang's staff. "What is this, a weapon? You can't stab anything with this."
Aang used airbending to suck the staff back to him. "It's not stabbing. It's for airbending." he explained. Orange fan-like wings popped out.
"Magic trick! Do it again!' a little girl clapped.
"Not magic, airbending." Aang corrected. "It lets me control the air currents around my glider and fly."
Sokka snorted. "Last time I checked, humans can't fly."
Aang smirked "Check again." He shot up into the sky. He sailed through the air doing twists and turns, loops, and spins, much to the awe of the villagers, Naruto though to when he fought Sasuke, Distracted from all the attention he was getting, Aang didn't see the snow tower he crashed into seconds later. He fell out and collapsed to the ground.
"My watchtower!" Sokka cried.
Katara helped Aang up. "That was amazing."
The children turned to Naruto. "Can you do that?" one boy asked.
Naruto shook his head. "I can't fly." The children groaned. "But I can use jutsu."
"Jutsu?"
Naruto made a hand seal. "Here's my Henge no jutsu." He was engulfed in smoke. When it cleared, there was a second Sokka. Everyone's eyes widened and jaws dropped. "Hello." He said in Sokka's voice.
"That's so cool!" Aang exclaimed.
"I am all ways serious and a stuck up solider." 'Fake' Sokka said. Katara burst out laughing. And Naruto turned back to normal. And turn his back to Sokka.
Sokka turned red grab a big clump of snow and threw it at him without even looking he dodged it which surprised every single person there. Then what seemed liked he disappeared then reappeared behind Sokka with a snow ball and threw it hitting him.
"Move at high speed." He smiled.
Sokka threw a snowball at him and actually hitting and turned into a log.
"Why did you change into wood?" Aang asked.
"I didn't." The tribe turned around to find Naruto smiling at them.
"How did you-"
"Kawarimi no Jutsu. Let's me switch places with things."
The children cheered while Sokka grumbled. 'That's actually not a useless technique, if used right.' he thought to himself, although he wouldn't admit it out loud.
"Can you do any other joosu?" another kid asked, mispronouncing jutsu.
Naruto scratched his head. "Well there is the bunshin no jutsu, but I totally suck at it."
"Bunshin? Henge? Kawa-whatever? What kind of names are those?" asked Sokka.
"Bunshin-Clone. Henge-Transformation. And Kawarimi-Substitution." Naruto explained like it was obvious.
Sokka looked at Katara and rolled his eyes at her obvious interest.
Naruto snapped his fingers. "But I can do this!" Naruto made a cross shaped hand seal. "Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" In puffs of smokes, seven more Naruto's appeared. Everyone's jaws dropped again. The children started poking the clones to see if they were real.
"Kage Bunshin?" questioned Aang as he poked a clone.
"Shadow clone."
Aang raised an eyebrow but didn't question further.
Sokka grumbled. 'Oh goody. There's more of him.' "Great. You're a ninja, he's an airbender, Katara's a waterbender, and together you can just waste time all day long."
"You're a waterbender!" Aang exclaimed.
Katara shrugged. "Is that sort of technique?" Naruto asked.
"All right. No more playing. Katara has chores." Gran-Gran interjected. Katara sighed and walked away with her grandmother.
"I can't believe it Gran Gran. I finally found a bender to teach me."
"Katara don't put all of your hopes in those Boys."
"They are special I can feel it." She said as she walked off.
The Fire Nation ship continued on its way deeper into Southern Water Tribe waters. On its deck, Zuko faced off against two of his firebending crew members. Iroh sat nearby, observing. "Again." He says. Zuko shot blasts of fire at them which they ducked under. One retaliated with his own blast that Zuko ducked under then back flipped over a blast from the other soldier. While in mid-air Zuko punched and kicked blasts of fire at both of them, but they blocked it. He landed facing his opponents. Iroh sighed.
"No! Power in firebending comes from the breath, not the muscles. The breath becomes energy in the body, heart and soul; the energy extends past your limbs and becomes fire." He shot a fire blast that stopped short of Zuko's face. "Get it right this time."
"Enough. I've been drilling this set all day. Teach me the next set, I'm more than ready."
"No. You are impatient. You haven't mastered the basics yet. Drill it again!" Zuko growled and blasted a guard down with fire.
"The sages tell us that the Avatar is the last airbender. He must be over a hundred years old. He's had a century to master the elements. I'll need more than basic firebending to defeat him." Iroh frowned. "You WILL TEACH ME the advanced set!" Iroh relented.
"Fine, but first I must finish my roast duck." Zuko grimaced and sighed at his uncle pigging out. 'How did he go from strict master to disgusting slob?'
"Now men, it's important to show no fear when facing a firebender. In the Water Tribe, we fight till the last man standing. For without courage, how can we call ourselves men?" Sokka turned to his soldiers…his 6-year-old soldiers.
"I gotta go pee." One boy announced.
"Listen! Until your fathers return from the war, they're counting on you to be the men of the tribe, so no potty breaks."
"But I really have to go." The boy protested.
Sokka sighed. "Okay. Who else has to go?" All the kids raised their hands. Sokka slapped his forehead. 'We're doomed.'
"Have you seen Aang?" Katara asked. "Gran-Gran said he disappeared over an hour ago."
Aang crawled out a small igloo. "Wow. You were right Naruto, everything freezes in there."
"Hey I haven't been in a place this cold for a while." Naruto said
Sokka groaned. "Katara get them out of here. This lesson is for warriors only."
"Whee!" The children were using Appa's tail as a slide and landed on in a pile of snow.
"Stop! Stop it now!" Sokka glared at the two outsiders. "What's wrong with you two? We don't have time for fun and games with a war going on."
"War?" they asked. Aang hopped down from Appa. "What are you talking about?"
"You're kidding, right?"
Aang looked behind Sokka and exclaimed. "PENGUIN!" Said penguin waddled away. Using airbending Aang zoomed after it.
"Did you see that thing?" Naruto exclaimed. "It had FOUR flippers. How did it have FOUR flippers?" Using his ninja speed he chased after Aang and the penguin.
The siblings stared at where they ran off to. "They're kidding right?"
Katara walked into the penguin field looking for her targets. She spotted them, Aang chasing penguins. "Come on little guy. Wanna go sledding?" Naruto just follow one. But stopped next to Katara.
They looked at Aang face down in the snow. He turned to them and smiled. "I have a way with animals." Aang started walking and talking like a penguin, amusing the other two.
Katara giggled. "Aang, I'll help you catch a penguin if you teach me waterbending."
"Deal! But, I'm an airbender not a waterbender. Isn't there someone who can teach you?"
Katara shook her head. "No. You're looking at the only waterbender in the whole South Pole."
"Waterbender? Airbender? What are you guys talking about?" Naruto asked.
"You honestly don't know about bending, do you?" Katara asked him.
"Nope."
"Bending," Aang explained, "is a way of controlling the elements. It combines martial arts and the use of spiritual energy, called chi." Naruto nodded, only understanding half of what Aang said.
"There are four elements: Air, Water, Earth, and Fire." Unnoticed by the boys, Katara flinched at the mention of firebending. "For each element there is a bending art; Airbending, Waterbending, Earthbending, and Firebending."
Naruto raised his hand to ask a question. "Can anyone bend?"
Katara shook her head. "No. It's an ability you're born with."
'Heh like being a demigod."
" If I could bend I'd be a firebender." Katara gasped. "O-or a waterbender." Naruto said, misinterpreting her shock.
"What about airbending?" Aang asked
"Airbending's okay but it doesn't sound cool and dangerous. No offense."
"Airbending isn't supposed to be dangerous." Noticing tension building and thinking he's offended them somehow, Naruto said, "You know, I think I'd bend all three." Things got even tenser.
"A person can't bend more than one element. No one except for the Avatar."
"The Avatar?"
"The Avatar is the strongest bender in the world. The Avatar has the ability to bend all the elements."
"Wow. He sounds cool." Aang inwardly beamed.
"Yeah. But the Avatar disappeared 100 years ago."
Aang looked up in confusion. 'What?'
Naruto looked at Aang. "What's up?"
"What? Nothing." He changed the subject. "Katara, you were going to teach me how to catch a penguin."
"Ooh! I want to learn too." 'Man, Thalia would be laughting.'
"Okay listen closely my young pupils. Catching penguins in an ancient and sacred art. Observe." She pulled out two fish and tossed them at the boys. They were instantly surrounded by penguins.
Aang, Katara, and Naruto shot off into a snow bank riding on penguins. They sped downhill laughing and whooping. Aang jumped off an ice ramp gaining the lead over the other two. Katara and Naruto jumped off their own ramp catching up to him.
"This is awesome!"
"I know! I haven't done this since I was a kid!"
"You still are a kid!" the boys shouted. They entered an ice tunnel. Light shined in from various holes creating a number of blue hues that made the experience surreal. They slid out the tunnel and stopped in front of a ship frozen in ice.
"Whoa. What is that?" Aang asked.
"A Fire Navy ship and a very bad memory for my people. Aang, what are you doing?"
Aang headed towards the ship. "Wait. We're not allowed to go in there. The ship may be booby trapped." Naruto sat there. Then followed Aang.
Aang turned to her. "If you want to be a bender you have to let go of fear."
Katara gulped but followed Aang into the ship. The hallways of the ship spooked Katara, but Aang didn't seem affected at all.
"Why are you so scared Katara?" Aang asked, noticing her discomfort.
"This ship has haunted my tribe since Gran Gran was young. It was part of the Fire Nation's first attacks."
"Okay, back up, I have friends all over the world, even in the Fire Nation. I've never seen any wars."
"Katara. I've never heard of any war. And Naruto. I've never heard the Fire Nation called The Land of Fire and it's definitely over 100 years old."
"Hah!"
Aang turned to Katara. "What war are you talking about?"
Katara looked at the two boys. 'These two honestly don't know.' "How long were you in that iceberg,Aang?"
"I don't know…a few days maybe?"
"I was near the ocean. But Not that close to fall in , and I was not even close to the south pole!"
"I think Aang was in there for a hundred years!"
"What?" Aang yelled. "That's impossible. Do I look like a hundred-twelve year old man to you?" Aang questioned.
"Well think about it. The war is a century old. You guys don't know about it because, somehow you were in there that whole time. It's the only explanation."
Aang stumbled backwards into the wall and sunk to the floor. Naruto dropped to his knees. "So we're in the 22nd century?"
Aang shot up. "What? 22nd century! That's six hundred years!"
"Um, Naruto, your math is off. This is the 16th century." Aang relaxed a little.
Naruto shot up. "What? Yesterday I was in the 21st century!"
"What?" they yelled. "N-no you weren't." Katara said.
"I'm most definitely lived in the 21st century! If what you say is true, I'm not a hundred years forward. I'm five hundred years back!"
"But if what you say is true, how did you go back in time?" Katara asked.
Naruto's eye's widened. "I think it was when I blacked out!" Naruto dropped
"It's unbelievable." Aang said, "We're so far away from home."
Katara kneeled next to them. "I'm sorry but maybe somehow there's a bright side to this."
"Well, I did get to meet the two of you."
Naruto laughed. "Yeah. I haven't had this much fun in a long time."
Katara smiled. "See. Let's get out of here."
They walked into a dark room. "Guys let's head back. This place is creepy."
"What are you talking about Katara? There's nothing to worry about along as I'm here." As soon as Aang said that he tripped over a wire. A grate door dropped down, closing them in.
"What was that you said about booby traps?" Naruto asked.
Aang rubbed his head in embarrassment. "My bad."
Equipment started to go off around them. Aang gulped. Naruto, despite the cold, started to sweat. 'I got a bad feeling about this.' Katara thought. A flare shot up into the sky. The three stared at it.
"Holy crap." Naruto muttered.
Aang lifted Katara bridal style. "Hold on." he jumped through a hole in the ceiling. Naruto jumped after him.
"Wait for me."
They hoped down, unaware they were being watched.
Zuko looked at the two hopping figures. 'Two airbenders? Did another one survive? Or is it that he found an apprentice?' Zuko's eyes narrowed. 'No matter.' "Whichever one he is, he's quite agile for his age." He mused out loud. "Wake my uncle! Tell him I found the Avatar…" he looked back through the telescope and looked to where they were headed, the village. "…as well as his hiding place." Zuko glared at the village. 'You're mine now.'
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Aang, Katara, and Naruto trekked back to the village. Katara looked back at the flare, still in the sky. She had a good feeling there was going to be trouble because of that.
Naruto groaned. Aang and Katara looked at him curiously. "This is all I have left from my time. A pack of gum, my- oh nice- jacket," naruto pulled out his jacket and put it on "a scroll of Two hundred shuriken, twenty-two explosive tags, a scroll a hundred kunai, a scroll with my bow and arrows, my headband," he pointed to his forehead, "and the clothes on my back!" he threw his hands up and two small 'boxes' fell out his jacket.
"Oh! And let's not forget the two disposable cameras whose pictures will never get developed!" He pointed a camera at the three of them. "Cheese!" he shouted angrily. Katara and Aang, not expecting the flash, were blinded. "Thanks a lot karma!"
Aang rubbed his eyes. "So Katara, you said you're the only waterbender here. What happened to the others?"
"They were wiped out a long time ago."
"So, what, there's no to teach you?" Naruto asked, calmed down.
Katara shook her head. "No one."
"What about the Northern Water Tribe?" Aang suggested. "There are waterbenders there. They could teach you."
Katara looked at him skeptically. "You're suggesting I go to the North Pole to learn waterbending?"
Aang shrugged. "Well a waterbender does need to master."
"You expect her to go to the other side of the world?" Naruto rolled his eyes. "I mean it's not like 'Take a left, you can't miss it.' That crazy."
Aang raised a finger. "But you forget. I have a flying bison. Appa and I canpersonally fly you to the North Pole. We're gonna find you a master!"
"That's-! I don't know. We haven't had contact with our sister tribe for years. And I've never left home before," she said, uncertain.
"Why don't you talk it over with Gran Gran? She and the tribe are standing right there." Naruto pointed out.
Katara looked ahead. Sure enough all the villagers were standing outside the village. As they approached, most of the children ran out and gathered around the boys.
Sokka pointed at the two. "I knew it! You signaled the Fire Navy with that flare! You're leading them here!"
"They didn't do anything. It was an accident." Katara said, defending them.
"Yeah. We were on the ship…and the booby trap…I set it off-" Aang looked at crowd glaring at him. He rubbed the back of his neck. "My bad?" he ended weakly.
Gran Gran shook her head. "Katara you shouldn't have gone on that ship. Now we could all be in danger!"
"Don't blame Katara." Aang spoke.
"Yeah. She warned us about the ship, but we didn't listen." Naruto stated.
"And I convinced her to go in." Aang admitted.
They both bowed. "We're sorry."
"Aha!" Sokka shouted triumphantly. "The traitors confess. Warriors away from the enemy." he ordered. "The foreigners are banned from our village!"
"Sokka you're making a mistake." Katara argued.
"No. I'm keeping my promise to dad." Sokka retorted. "I'm protecting you from threats like them!"
"I'll show you a threat!" Naruto snarled and tried lunge at Sokka, but was held back by Aang.
"You see." Sokka said indicating Naruto. "Threat."
"They are not our enemy!" Katara yelled. "Don't you see? They've brought us something we haven't had in a long time. Fun."
Sokka scoffed. "Fun? We can't fight firebenders with fun."
'You also can't fight them with 6-year-olds.' Katara thought bitterly.
Aang smiled. "You should try it sometime."
"Get out of our village!" Sokka yelled.
"Grandmother, please, don't let Sokka do this." Katara pleaded.
"Katara, you knew going on that ship was forbidden. Sokka is right. I think it is best if the outsiders leave."
Katara was stunned. Couldn't they see Aang and Naruto weren't dangerous? She was angry. Angry at Sokka for being tyrannical. Angry at her grandmother for being so closed minded. Well if Sokka could make a decision like this, so could she.
"Fine!" she screamed. "Then I'm leaving too! C'mon guys, let's go." She took them by the arm and walked off.
"Where do you think you're going?" Sokka questioned.
"To find a waterbender! They're taking me to the North Pole!" she yelled back.
Aang blinked. "We are?" he looked at Naruto, who shrugged, then smiled brightly. "Great!"
"Can we-never mind she probably is not born yet." Naruto said sadly.
okka frowned. Katara's not gonna side with strangers, is she? "Katara. You wouldn't choose them over your tribe, your own family, would you?" Sokka voiced his thoughts out loud.
This made Katara stop. 'I don't know. Would I?' she thought.
"Katara, I don't want to come between you and your family." Aang said then walked off towards Appa.
"Family isn't something you should take for granted." Naruto added before following Aang.
"So you're leaving the South Pole?" Katara asked sadness evident in her voice. "This is goodbye?"
"Afraid so." Naruto said, equally sad.
"Thanks for penguin sledding with me." Aang said.
"Where will you go?" Katara asked.
"Guess I'll go back home, look for the airbenders." Realization hit Aang. "Wow, I haven't cleaned my room in a hundred years. Not looking forward to that."
"Mind if I come along? Naruto asked. "I have nowhere to go and two is better than one."
"Sure." They hopped onto Appa.
"It was nice meeting everyone." Aang said to the village. Naruto took a picture of them.
"Let's see your bison fly now air boy." Sokka sneered.
"Come on Appa, you can do it. Yip yip!" Appa groaned, but only stood up.
Sokka snorted. "I thought so."
'I never thought I'd meet someone more annoying than Sasuke.' Naruto thought. "I think I'll miss you the most Sokka-teme." he said out loud.
A little girl wailed and ran up next to Katara. "Don't go. We'll miss you."
Aang looked at her sadly. "We'll miss you too."
Naruto waved "Goodbye."
Aang looked at Katara who looked back at him with sad eyes. Aang turned away and snapped the reigns and they left the village. The little girl walked back sadly.
Gran Gran walked up to Katara. "Katara, you'll feel better after you-"
"You happy now?" Katara cut her off. "There goes my one chance of becoming a waterbender!" she stormed off, leaving Gran Gran feeling guilty.
"All right. Ready our defenses! The Fire Nation could be on our shores any moment!" Sokka yelled to his 'troops'.
"But I gotta-"
"And no potty breaks!"Aang, Naruto, and Appa were resting in the holes of n ice formation. Appa rumbled. "Yeah. I liked her too." Aang responded.
"Amen to that." Naruto agreed. Naruto looked out to the sea. "What is that?"
Aang followed his gaze and gasped. A Fire Navy ship. "The village!" he slid down his perch. "Appa, wait here! C'mon Naruto!" Naruto blinked, looked at Appa and shrugged, then followed Aang.
If he was going to fight the Fire Nation, Sokka decided, he was going to do it dressed as a true water tribe warrior. He put on his toughest leathers, pulled on his gloves, tightened his tunic, and put on black, white, and grey war paint on his face.
With the help of attendants, Zuko was fitted into his armor. He was taking no chances with this battle. A helmet with a flame emblem on the front was placed on his head. Zuko was expecting this to be the battle of his life. Little does he know how wrong he is.
Sokka stood on top of the ice wall serving as lookout. Suddenly everything started to shake as a rumbling noise boomed. The villagers looked up in alarm. Parts of the ice wall, including Sokka's watchtower, crumbled. "Ah man." Sokka moaned.
A huge shadow could be seen through the mist approaching the village. "Aah man." Sokka's voice cracked. The ship broke through the ice, cracking the ice all the way into the village. Katara just barely rescued a kid from the crack. She put him in a tent and turned to her brother.
Sokka was still on the wall with his club raised like he was going to attack the ship with it. "Sokka get out of the way!" he heard Katara scream. He wanted to, but pride, determination, fear, and stupidity kept him there.
The ship finally reached the wall, causing it to fall back. Somehow the part Sokka was standing on stayed intact and he only slid backwards. The bowsprit opened down with screech almost crushing Sokka, who barely moved out the way.
Steam cleared revealing Zuko and several Fire Nation soldiers. They walked down the now gangplank. Zuko scanned the crowd, looking for someone who looked like, well, an Avatar.
Sokka, getting his bearings straight, charged at Zuko with a war cry. Zuko easily kicked the club away then kicked Sokka headfirst into the snow. The tribe gasped at how easily Sokka was beaten.
They stepped back as the soldiers reached them. Zuko looked at the crowd. Nothing but women and children. "Where are you hiding him?" Zuko questioned. The villagers were confused and didn't respond. He grabbed Gran Gran out of the crowd. "He'd be about this age. Master of all elements." They had no idea what he was talking about. He pushed Gran Gran back then let loose a wave of fire over their heads. The villagers cringed. "I know you're hiding him!" Zuko yelled.
Sokka, recovered from the fall, picked up his club and charged at Zuko with another war cry. Zuko mentally sighed. 'Stupid water peasant.' He ducked under Sokka and flipped him over his head. Zuko then fired a blast of fire at Sokka. Sokka rolled out of the way and threw his boomerang at the Fire Prince. Zuko just narrowly avoided being hit in the head with it.
A little boy tossed Sokka a spear with a cry of "Show no fear!" Sokka charged at Zuko for a third time, no more successful than the previous times. Zuko easily broke the head of the spear then snatched it from Sokka and bonked him on the several times knocking Sokka down.
Behind Zuko, the boomerang came back and hit Zuko in the head and knocked Zuko's helmet around. He readjusted it and glared down at Sokka. Two fire daggers formed from his hand. Before he could do anything, Aang slid in from behind on a penguin and swept the firebender off his feet with his staff. Zuko landed face down with his butt in the air, his helmet landing on it. Aang slid by the cheering children, covering them in snow. They stopped, annoyed, but then started up again. Aang slid to a stop and pushed off by the miffed penguin.
"Hey Katara. Hey Sokka." Aang greeted like nothing was wrong.
"Hi Aang. Thanks for coming." Sokka thanked dryly.
Zuko got up and went into a firebending stance. Aang adopted a serious look on his face and held his staff in front of him. "Give up. You're surrounded." Aang announced.
Zuko and his men looked behind them and saw nothing but snow. "Surrounded by who?" Zuko scoffed.
"By me." Ten Narutos popped out of the snow. The soldiers jumped.
"Naruto!" Katara beamed.
The firebending soldiers out of surprise created fire daggers while the non-bending soldiers pointed their spears at the Narutos. The Narutos produced kunai.
Zuko focusing on Aang. "You're the Airbender?" Zuko asked incredulously. "You're the Avatar?" Everyone's eyes widened.
"Aang." Katara gasped.
"No way." Sokka muttered.
"Whoa." Naruto muttered.
Zuko and Aang circled each other. "I've spent years preparing for this encounter. Training. Meditating. You're just child!" Zuko shouted.
Aang relaxed his stance. "Well you're just a teenager." he said with a shrug.
Zuko fired several blasts of fire at Aang. The soldiers attacked Naruto. Aang twirled his staff to him. Some of the fire however reached over the villager's heads, causing them to cry out. Aang realized that if this continued, someone innocent would get hurt.
"If I go with you, will you promise to leave everyone alone?" Aang asked, signifying his surrender.
"Fine." Zuko noticed a firebender shot a fireball at Naruto.
"Naruto!" Katara and Aang shouted. When it stopped…like it refused to hit him… then it disappeared. "Grab the yellow haired boy too." 'How did he do that? Uncle might know.' Naruto, surprising, went willingly, but growled out "Blond… I'm Blond!" He shouted
Katara rushed forward. "No Aang! Naruto! Don't do this!" she cried.
Aang smiled at her. "Don't worry Katara, it'll be okay." he was pushed forward. "Take care of Appa for me until I get back."
"Yeah it is all good." Naruto smiled foxily.
"Head a course to the Fire Nation. I'm going home." Zuko bellowed.
Aang and Naruto looked back with at the tribe with a sad smile as the gangplank rose. Their smiles dropped when they saw Katara's eyes water. They knew their decision to give themselves up was best for the village, but after seeing Katara they felt bad about it. The bowsprit completely shut and the ship started to depart.
A few hours had passed since Aang and Naruto were taken. The mood of the villages was somber. Not only did they banish the Avatar from their village earlier, but they were helpless when the Fire Nation took the world's last hope for peace. Ashamed, sad, and hopeless, the villagers wordlessly started repairing the village.
Out by the water's edge Katara stared at the horizon while Sokka was carrying some materials behind her. She has standing there for a while hoping to see Aang and Naruto glide back laughing and unharmed. But a girl could only wait for so long. She decided it was time to take action.
"We have to go after that ship Sokka. Aang and Naruto saved our tribe, now we have to save them." Katara declared.
"Katara I-"
"Why can't you realize that they're on our side? If we don't help him, no one will. I know you don't like Aang or Naruto, but we owe them and I-"
"Katara!" Sokka yelled, tired of hearing his sister rant. "Are you gonna talk all day or are you coming with me?" he gestured to a canoe all set to go.
Katara gasped happily and hugged him. "Sokka." 'I don't give him enough credit.'
"Get in. We're going to save your boyfriends."
Katara blushed. "They're not my-"
"Whatever."
"What do you two think you're doing?" interrupted a voice. They turned to Gran Gran, who was giving them a stern look before smiling at them. "You'll need these. You have a long journey ahead of you." She handed them a blue bundle, shocking the two teens.
"It's been so long since I've had hope. But you brought back to life, my little waterbender." Gran Gran hugged Katara then turned to Sokka. "And you, my brave warrior," Sokka stood tall expecting some sort of praise. "Be nice to your sister."
Sokka deflated and barely returned his grandmother's hug. "Yeah. Okay Gran."
"Aang is the Avatar. He's the world's only chance. You both found him for a reason. Now your destinies are intertwined with his. Naruto on the other hand…" 'I hope he is not him'
Katara looked at the canoe and sweat dropped. "There's no way we're gonna catch a war ship with this." As soon as said that Appa appeared from over a hill with a roar. "Appa!" she ran happily towards the sky bison.
"You just love taking me out of my comfort zone, don't ya?" Sokka deadpanned.
On the deck of Zuko's ship, Zuko, Aang, and Naruto faced each other. Zuko with Aang's staff flanked by his Uncle and a guard and Aang with his hands bound behind him and surrounded by Zuko's guards. Zuko inspected the staff.
"This will make an excellent gift for my father." he looked at Aang.
"I suppose you wouldn't know of fathers, being raised by monks." Aang glared at Zuko. "Take the Avatar to the prison hold. And take this to my quarters." he handed the staff to Iroh and walked away.
Iroh to the guard next to him and handed him the staff.
"Hey, you mind taking this to his quarters for me?" It was more of a command than a question. "Uncle also this kid…watch"
Zuko shot a fireball at Naruto before anyone could stop him or the fireball it stopped right in front of him and like before disappeared. Iroh was in shock, 'He is back. I think the energy is the same… but why in such a small form.'
"Child…what is your name…?" Naruto sat there. He busted in to a full grin.
"Naruto Uzumaki….And this is Aang. Who are you old man?" Iroh laughed.
"Iroh. Would you like some tea?"
"Uncle they are prisoners!" Zuko shouted
"lighten up… besides I would like to take a look at Naruto." He then walked away with one guard and Naruto in tow.
"But Aang-" Naruto shouted. But was silenced by the guards hand.
Aang looked back at his staff and friend as he was lead down to the lower levels of the ship. Aang looked at the guards. One in front, one behind him, not a problem. "So…I guess you never fought an airbender before. I bet I can take you all on with my hands tied behind my back."
"Silence." a guard barked.
They reached a door and stopped for the lead guard to unlock it. Aang took a deep breath and blew through the hallway knocking both guards out. 'Staff Naruto' and ran throught the hallways.
Sokka sighed and tried again. "Go…Fly…Soar." For the past ten minutes he and his sister had been riding on Appa, the 'flying' bison. Sokka rolled his eyes. 'More like Appa the normal bison.'
"Please Appa, we need your help. Aang and Naruto need your help."
"Up…Ascend…Elevate."
Katara shot Sokka a look. "Sokka doesn't believe you can fly, but I do Appa." She rubbed his head. "Come on. Don't you wanna save Aang and Naruto?" Appa groaned.
Sokka then thought of something. "What was it that kid said?" he asked himself. "Yee-ha? Hup hup? Wahoo? Yip yip?" Appa groaned and flapped his tail and climbed into the sky.
"You did it Sokka!" Katara cheered. Sokka was even more excited.
"He's flying! He's flying! Katara he's-" he noticed Katara's smug look and calmed down. "I mean, big deal, he's flying." he couldn't help but smile though.
Aang ran down another hallway, constantly looking behind him for pursuers. 'Come on staff, Naruto where are you?' Aang thought.
He turned the corner and ran into three guards.
Aang smiled weakly. "By chance have you seen my staff around? Or a boy with spiky blond hair?" They responded by raising their spears at them. Aang ran past them, running along the walls and ceiling. "Thanks anyway." He called back. Aang jumped into another hallway occupied by a firebender soldier. The soldier sent a blast of fire at him. In one swift move Aang jumped over the fire stream and the fire soldier and cut the rope on his hands on one of the spikes on his helmet, knocking the soldier down.
Naruto, trust him. 'Huh who was that?' Aang thought
Aang looked in several rooms in search of his staff. He opened the door to another room and cringed when he saw it was occupied. He relaxed slightly when he realized the old man was with Naruto.
"Naruto!"
"Aang! Hey old man can I go?" Naruto smiled at Iroh.
"Sure, see you again Naruto."
Naruto and Aang blinked. This guy, his enemy, was smiling telling him what he was looking for all day.
"Ok." Aang and Naruto ran out.
"Ok Aang spilt up and look." Aang was hesitant but agreed.
Checking a few more rooms in a hurry to get out he almost passed an open room that held what he was looking for. He headed towards the staff but stopped when the door shut. He turned around and saw Zuko glaring at him.
Inside Iroh rubbed his chin in thought. 'A time traveler huh?'
After almost three years of searching he finally find and captures the Avatar and not even five minutes later he escapes. 'Of course.' Zuko thinks to himself. Nothing has ever been easy for him. Why would this be any different.
When the Avatar went for the staff, which he left out in the open on purpose, Zuko smirked. 'This kid is predictable.' He shut the door he was hiding behind, trapping the Avatar in the room. "Looks like I underestimated you." Was all Zuko said before letting loose several blasts of fire Aang dodged around.
Rolling into a corner Aang tried to catch his breath but was forced to dodge more fireballs. He rolled under Zuko and used circle-walking to stay behind Zuko. Zuko growled as he was unable to hit and jumped away to get some distance. 'Close combat isn't gonna work.' He fired more blasts but Aang bent the air away from the fire, making the flames die. Aang then jumped into the air and formed an air scooter, riding all around the room dodging every blast.
The door flung open and Naruto, in boots, flew in feet first into Zuko. Zuko flew back into his mattress while Naruto flipped back next to Aang, who recovered his staff. With airbending Aang slammed the mattress, and Zuko, into the wall then into the ceiling. Zuko looked up to find both boys gone.
Opening the hatch to the bridge Aang and Naruto poked their heads out to see if the coast was clear. There was the helmsman, but beyond him was their way out. They rushed out on the observation deck and Aang opened his glider and jumped off. "Hop on." he called. Naruto jumped on the back of Aang's glider. 'We're out of here.' Aang thought.
Unfortunately Zuko wasn't done with them. He had jumped off the observation deck and grabbed Aang's foot. Aang couldn't support the weight of him, Naruto, and Zuko and they crashed onto the deck. All three got up and squared off again.
Zuko: angry and determined.
Naruto: ready and unwavering.
Aang: nervous and hesitant, which was obvious to the other combatants.
Zuko smirked. 'This should be easy.'
Naruto threw Aang a disbelieving look. 'What happened to being brave and fearless?'
A growl took their attention away from each other and looked up. "What is that?" Zuko asked out loud.
"Appa!" Aang exclaimed.
"Wow. He really can fly." Naruto said amazed. As he got closer they were able to make out Katara and Sokka in Appa's saddle.
With his distraction with Appa, Aang almost got roasted by Zuko. He narrowly blocked the blast by twirling his staff. He jumped back to avoid another blast and almost fell overboard.
Naruto ran at Zuko, placing his hands in a cross seal. "Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" Four clones puffed up beside him. Zuko's eyes widened.
'What the hell? He just turned into five people…again. What kind of technique is that?'
Two of the Naruto's jumped at him. One threw a punch that Zuko caught. Using the momentum, Zuko slammed the clone into the ground and kicked a ball of fire at the second one. He was surprised when they disappeared in a puff of smoke. 'These copies can't take much damage.' Zuko realized.
Sidestepping another clone, he slashed into its side with a fire dagger, destroying it. A fourth Naruto came at him with a kunai knife but he easily kicked him away into the last Naruto. The last clone disappeared as real Naruto tumbled away. Naruto summoned two clones. Zuko expected it to come at him he got ready except one was behind him and the other grabbed one of Naruto's arms. 'what is he doing?' he then noticed blue energy forming where the clone's hands where moving above Naruto's. Then disappeared when it was the size of a small child's ball then the clone flung Naruto at Zuko effetely hitting him 'Who is this kid?' Zuko flew back and hit the wall it hurt. He then sent guards after him who were a little hesitant but went. With the ninja out of the way Zuko turned his attention back to the bald monk, firing several blasts of fire at him, the last one knocking Aang's staff away. Aang jumped out the way of another blast of fire and landed on the rail. Zuko kicked one more ball of fire, this time Aang couldn't dodge it. He fell unconscious and over the side of the ship into the just knocked out the last one when he saw this.
"Aang! Noo!" Katara cried. Aang was the Avatar. He was supposed to bring peace to the world. He wasn't supposed to. Not like this. "Aang!"
Beside her Sokka looked equally shocked. He may have not liked the kid, but he didn't deserve that. 'He saved our village, and he lost his life doing it. No one should have to die that young.' He looked at Naruto and gasped. "Naruto look out!"
Zuko's eyes widened when the boy fell overboard. That wasn't supposed to happen. He was supposed to capture the Avatar, not kill him. Even if he told his father that he killed the Avatar, he doubted his father would let him back home. Zuko trembled, in rage. He glared at the yellow haired ninja. With a loud war cry, he sent a massive fireball at the blond.
"Aang!" Naruto watched on with shock as Aang fell overboard. Aang, his new friend. He could faintly hear Katara call for Aang. He barely heard Zuko's war cry. He didn't hear Sokka's warning call at all. He heard nothing. He was by himself again. Naruto felt hollow, yet at the same filled with despair and rage. He gripped the rails harder.
Aang could feel he was in water but couldn't do anything about it. He felt tired and numb.
"Aang!"
'Naruto? He's still up there with that firebender.'
"Aang! Noo!"
'Katara? That's right she was on Appa.'
"Aang!"
'She's still headed towards that firebender.'
"Aang!" Panic rose in Aang.
'I'm in trouble. He's in trouble. She's in trouble!'
Naruto's eyes and whiskers glowed white. Aang's eyes and tattoos glowed white. Naruto turned to the fireball and effortlessly dissipated it by backhanding it. Zuko stepped back in fear at Naruto's glowing stare. With a punch Naruto sent forth his own mighty blast of fire. Zuko blocked the flame but was thrown back from the force of the blast. Several soldiers came out and surrounded Naruto. Naruto crossed his arms and flung them out, unleashing a strong wave of wind that knocked them back. Zuko and the water siblings looked on in shock. 'He bent fire and air?' they all thought. Zuko got up and looked at Naruto in awe and confusion. 'But I thought-' A splash caught everyone's attention. A cyclone of water shot out of the sea. At the top was Aang with his eyes and tattoos glowing just like Naruto's. Zuko looked at Aang in fear as he towered over the ship. Aang landed on the deck and bended the water around him then unleashed it, knocking the soldiers back and Zuko over the side of the ship.
Sokka and Katara looked on in shock. "Did you see what they just did?" Katara squeaked.
"Now that was some waterbending…and firebending and…and what the hell just happened!" Sokka exclaimed.
Naruto and Aang collapsed, exhausted from using the Avatar State. Once Appa landed Katara rushed over to Aang. Naruto was already getting up and with the help of Sokka he was able to walk over to them.
Katara shook Aang. "Aang. Are you alright?" Aang groaned and looked at the gathered people.
"Hey Katara. Hey Sokka. Thanks for coming." he smiled tiredly.
Sokka smirked. "Well I couldn't let you guys get all the glory."
"But we won already." Naruto stated.
"We still came!"
Naruto smiled. "Yeah. Thanks." he said sincerely.
This shocked the older boy. "Uh…"
Aang looked towards his right. "I dropped my staff."
"I'll get it." Sokka volunteered and ran off causing Naruto to fall on his face. As Sokka picked it up another hand grabbed it, freaking him out. When he realizes that it's Zuko, Sokka tries to pull it away but Zuko wouldn't let go. After a short tug-o-war battle for the staff Sokka decided to get payback and poked Zuko in the head the same way Zuko did to him earlier. Zuko lost his grip and almost fell into the water but he grabbed on to the anchor chain.
"That's from the Water Tribe!" Sokka yelled triumphantly. Katara just finished helping the boys onto Appa when she saw the guards advance towards them. She pulled a stream of water from the puddles on the deck, scaring the guards a bit. Trying to do what Aang just did, she flung her arms forward. But the water flew backwards and the water behind her froze.
"Katara!" she heard Sokka yell. Katara looked behind her and saw that she froze her brother's feet to the ship. The soldiers continued forward, thinking she was no threat. Katara turned around and repeated what she just did hoping for the same results. She turned around and gave a mental cheer. The soldiers were frozen in place. Katara climbed on Appa and shouted at her brother. "Hurry up Sokka!"
Sokka was chipping away the ice around his feet with his boomerang. 'It your fault that I'm stuck. I didn't ask for all this flying and magic; I'm just a guy with a boomerang.' He got himself free and ran up Appa's tail. "Yip yip! Yip yip!" Sokka cried.
Iroh had to rub his eyes when he saw the giant mammal fly into the air. "Huh?" he surveyed the chaos on the deck; the unconscious firebenders, the frozen guards, and his nephew struggling to get back onboard. He quickly helped Zuko back on deck, who ordered to shoot them down. But with everyone incapacitated, it was up to Iroh and Zuko. Together they launched a large ball of fire at Appa. Aang jumped to the back of the saddle and with a swing of his staff he released an arc of wind that deflected the fireball into an ice cliff. A large amount of ice fell on the ship and prevented it from going any further. The kids laugh in success as they get away.
Zuko glared at them, then at the snow.
"Good news for the Fire Lord. The nation's greatest threat is just a little kid." Iroh commented.
"You're wrong Uncle. It's not just a single kid, but two, two Avatars." Iroh looked shocked at Zuko's statement. "And they just did they just did this." Zuko looked at where they flew off. "I don't know how that's possible and I don't know if that makes my task easier or harder but I know I won't underestimate either of them again. Dig this ship out and follow them." He turned to his crew, half were frozen and the other half were thawing them out with small flames. "…as soon as you're finished with that." He finished lamely. 'Kyuubi that is some host you have there…'
The sun was setting and they were still flying on Appa. Katara decided now was the time to ask questions. Aang was sort of sulking while Naruto has been cheering how cool and strong he was non-stop.
"How did you do that?" she asked Aang. "With the water? It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen."
Aang looked sideways at her. "I don't know. I just sort of…did it."
Katara looked down. That wasn't the answer she was expecting. She looked at Naruto. "I don't suppose you know how you were able to bend fire and air?"
Naruto shook his head smiling. "Nope. I don't know, I don't care." Katara sighed.
Sokka raised a hand. "Wait. I thought only the Avatar could bend more than one element?" Katara nodded. "And aren't you the Avatar?" Sokka pointed at Aang. Aang nodded. "Then how did you," he pointed at Naruto. "Bend two elements?" Naruto shrugged.
"I think he is the Avatar." Katara said slowly.
"But I thought there could only be one Avatar at a time?" Sokka questioned.
"Normally yes, but, Naruto is from the future. My guess is he's the Avatar of his own time." Katara explained.
"But I'm not in my own time."
"But you were still born with the Avatar spirit. It stays with you no matter where or when you go. Right Aang?" Aang just shrugged. She looked at him.
"Why didn't you tell us you were the Avatar?"
"Because…I never wanted to be." Naruto knew that feeling all too well…
"Aang I knew how you feel." Everyone looked at Naruto in shock. "To be chosen for something without being asked, fate is a cruel thing…." Naruto unconsently put a hand over his stomach. Every one chose to ask later. Katara calmed him down
"Thanks Katara."
"You're welcome. Aang," Katara continued. "the world's been waiting for the Avatar to return. And now we've got two to stop the war."
Aang looked down. "And how am I-we, supposed to do that?"
"Well, according to legend, you first need to master water, then earth, then fire, right?"
"That's what the monks told me."
"Well if you go to the North Pole, you can master waterbending."
Aang smiled. "We can learn it together."
"Wait, what about air?" Naruto asked.
"I already mastered air."
"But I didn't!"
Aang frowned thoughtfully. "Do you even know what your natural element is?"
"Natural element?" The other three groaned. "Hey, I'm new to this. Just give me some time and-" Naruto stopped as his eyes and whiskers glowed.
"What's wrong with him?" Sokka asked.
Before anybody could answer the glowing stopped. "Air." Naruto said.
"What?" Aang asked.
"I'm a natural airbender. That's what that guy said."
Sokka looked around. "What guy?"
"I don't know! I think it was a guy. All I heard was a voice, a deep masculine voice." 'I know it was not my mother!'
"You two are even freakier than Katara." Sokka stated.
Katara looked at him. "But you're still coming, right? There'll be plenty of firebender heads to knock on the way." she said in a sing song voice.
Sokka smiled a bit. "I'd like that. I'd really like that."
"Then we're in this together." Katara declared.
"All right, but before I learn waterbending, and Naruto air.. we have some serious business to attend to," Aang pulled out and opened a map. "here, here, and here." he pointed to several places.
"What's there?" Katara asked.
"Here we'll ride the hopping llamas. Then waaay over here we'll surf on the backs of giant koi fish. Then back over here we'll ride the hog monkeys. They don't like people riding them, but that's what makes it fun." Aang smiled brightly at them.
They looked at each other, then back at the map, then at Aang, then back at each other.
"Cool." Naruto said. "This will be fun."
Xxxscencexxx
Everyone was asleep except the Avatars and Appa.
"Naruto you still awake?" Aang asked from his spot on Appa's head.
"Yeah, why are you?" he said as he was on his back down looking at the stars.
"…I was thinking how exactly do you know?" Naruto stood up and walked behind Aang's spot on the bison…
"Know What?"
"On The feeling… how do you know how I feel?"
"Oh…I don't like to talk about it…"Naruto said sadly looking down..
"Well I should know because I am you in five hundred years!" They quietly laughed "Whatever happen to you I will understand…"
"Ok it happened 13 years ago in my time… on October 10th the night I was born…. A giant Nine tailed Fox attacked the village our leader, the Fourth Hokage, knew a way to stop it but it would cost him his life… He had to seal it a way in a new born…" Aang saw a few tears slide down, "Me…" Aang's eyes went wide.
"Well I'm….sorry." He looked down
"Don't be…The village is filled with idiots… they hated us they thought I was the reincarnation of it…" Well one thing is for sure I'm not I am a reincarnation of you!" They laughed.
"Hey… What is the fox like?" Before Naruto could answer.
"Well if you ask… I am the almighty god of the four elements! I can control all the elements with just a flick of my awesome tails! I am-" ' Supper annoying Aang can't even hear you!'
"Ah… Naruto I think I can…" He said looking at Naruto
"Haa... It worked! I knew it!... know on to the business of the fire and telling Aang about Iroh told you… For the fire that is the only thing I will let my presents be known."
"Gee thanks." Naruto said. "With the old man..."
Flashback no Justus!
Naruto was in tow by a guard. "I bet you never faced a ninja before! I WILL GET OUT OF THIS PLACE!" Naruto yelled
"Sir we are here." The solider ignoring Naruto's yells.
"Yeah, thanks bring him in." Naruto was then shoved in a medium size room as soon as the door shut his bindings were cut.
"Come here and have some tea." The man said with a humble smile.
"But aren't you the enemy. Shouldn't you be treating me like…Umm I don't know… a prisoner?" Naruto said in disbelief.
"Why? Besides I have a question.." He said sipping tea.
"Ok…What is it?" Naruto sat in front of him.
"have you heard of the Kyuubi no Kitsune?" That caught him off guard.
"N-no." Naruto shook his head rapidly.
"Well I once meet him…. You know he is the god of the elements.."
"What?"
"Yeah so you must know what happened to him." Iroh mused
"Well…"
Naruto, trust him
"The fuzbutt says to trust you. He is kind of stuck….in…. my gut."
"How?"
"A very powerful seal." The door then slammed open….
"Naruto!"
Kai!(end)
"wow… Cool."
"Well goodnight."
"Night Naruto." And with that the avatars went to sleep.
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