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Air

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Years ago, in an epic battle with Unalaq and Vaatu, Avatar Korra had her past lives ripped away from her, leaving no possibility for another Avatar to be born. Thus, she continued to live her life as the last Avatar in the world.

Years passed, and Avatar Korra has since disappeared from the world, leaving no traces of the Avatar left.

Or so everyone thought.

The truth was much different than what everyone knew. Korra had a secret that only those close to her would know. She did something that would change the world for the better.

And now, that secret will live on...Inside the next Avatar.

Book 1: Revive

Chapter 1: Jasmine Dragon

In the Inner Circle of Ba Sing Sae, there is a rather popular tea shop known as the Jasmine Dragon, having been around ever since the end of the Hundred Years War. People would flock there regularly, so they had a pretty good business.

In the front, a woman wearing glasses, her brown hair tied back into a bun, would act as the hostess of the place. With a kind smile, she greeted the customers. "Welcome to the Jasmine Dragon, please have a seat."

In the back, the current owner of the place, sporting a white beard, was preparing the tea for the customers, although it was obvious there was something weighing on his mind. "Where is he?"

The tea shop was already busy as it is, and he didn't want to have anything held back, otherwise risk losing his business.

The back door burst open, and a young boy in his late teens, with spiky black hair, brown eyes, and wearing a work uniform came inside carrying a bag. From the looks of it, he seemed out of breath. "I got those tea leaves you wanted, Mr. Huang."

The man huffed. "Finally, what took you so long?"

The boy handed the bag over as the old man began to mix them into the tea. "Sorry about that. I ran into some trouble while trying to get these."

The man thought of asking the kind of trouble, but decided it would be best not to ask. "Just hurry and start serving tea to the customers."

"Yes sir."

Immediately, the boy was hard at work, smiling at the customers while serving scalding hot tea and trying not to burn himself. This kind of practice came to him naturally.

Carefully, he walked a tray of tea over to two customers sitting at a table. "Here's you're tea, please enjoy."

The customers at this particular table were kind of...strange. One was a skinny, short boy wearing a dark green tank top and light green shorts, and the other was skinny as well, but he was more tall and lanky than the younger boy. His style of dress was a little more stylish, but still sported green. "Thanks." The tall boy said, smiling oddly.

"Yeah, thanks." The little boy said, although it looked like he was trying to fight back a giggle.

These two seemed odd, but who was he to judge which customers were allowed to enter. "I've got new orders over here!"

His attention was snapped away from them. "Right, coming!"

More and more tea was being served to the customers, and work was getting done efficiently. Just another day of business. He was so immersed in his work that he barely noticed the two boys from before standing up to leave. The woman at the front had anticipated them coming to the register, but he managed to catch them walking right past her and sprinting out the door. He knew exactly what they were doing. "You two get back here!"

sprinting into action, the boy ran past the woman and out the door as well. "Jin, wait!"

It wasn't long before he started closing in on the boys, hearing them laughing like maniacs as if they had gotten away. They weren't going to escape.

With one swift spiral kick, a flat disk of Earth came flying out of the ground and ended up slamming into the older boy's back. By the looks on their faces, the two had clearly underestimated him. "An Earthbender." The youngest pointed out.

The two grinned evilly, and with all the strength they could muster, they picked up two chunks of Earth and flung them straight as Jin. He saw them coming, and summersaulted over them, flying upside down, and using one of the rocks as leverage. Once he landed right side up, he took a rather large chunk of the ground and aimed it at them. The brothers smoothly avoided it like air.

They proceeded to bolt with Jin as their pursuer. They were fast, he would admit, but he would end up being the one to catch them. The brothers used the Earth underneath them to propel themselves onto the roves of houses, so Jin did the same. Now a rooftop chase, Jin took every opportunity he could to fire Earth disks at them. They were mostly avoided however.

Nearing the end of the roof chase, Jin had almost caught up, so the boys knew they had to do something to lose him. The eldest jumped down from the roof, followed by Jin. Once the eldest landed on the ground, he used his Earthbending to create a wave of Earth underneath him, and in the exact place where Jin landed, the wave catapulted him into the air.

The brothers snickered like mad as they made a run for it. Luckily for Jin however, he ended up in a tree. It still hurt, but at least it wasn't concrete. If they were going to play dirty, than he might as well too.

The brothers were already in the town square, cackling with glee.

"Wow! we managed to pull it off!" The younger brother laughed.

"Yeah, I can't believe it! We totally got away!"

Their happiness was short-lived however, as they found the Earth collapsing beneath them, sucking them in until they were up to their waists. Naturally, they started freaking out, wondering what had happened.

Before they could bend themselves out, Jin landed in front of them creating a rather large vibration in the ground. "Now, you two are going to go back there, pay for your tea, otherwise you're going to prison, got it?"

Reluctantly, the brothers had no choice but to agree.

After that fiasco was taken care of, Jin had returned to the tea shop, where the day had come to a close.

"Jin, are you okay?" The woman asked.

"Yeah, I'm alright. Thanks Yuki."

"You know it's dangerous to be chasing dashers, right?" Mr. Huang intervened.

"I know, but if we just let them get away, then we could grow a bad reputation and lose business."

Mr. Huang found himself laughing at that. "Well, I guess you're right about that."

Yuki scoffed, but found herself smiling as well. "Just be careful. You wouldn't want to get hurt."

"I know. I at least know enough Earthbending to defend myself."

That triggered a chord within Yuki." Speaking of Earthbending, isn't your sister coming back tomorrow?"

A nostalgic look crossed Jin's face. "Yeah, she's already completed her training. I still can't believe it's been ten years since I last saw her."

Smiling, Yuki said, "Well then, you should head home soon and rest for tomorrow."

There was a questioning look on his face. "Really? Because if you need me, I can do something right now."

Mr. Huang waved it off. "It's fine, we've got it covered. This is your only sibling we're talking about."

Jin smiled at them in return. "Thanks. I guess I'll head home now. Good night Yuki, good night Mr. Huang."

With all the money he had saved up over the years, he was able to afford a relatively nice one bedroom apartment. It was pretty spacious for a single person, but the rent was cheap, so he took it. And the best part was that it came with a stable.

He approached the first door on the left, and was greeted with a big lick to the face. With a laugh, he answered, "Nice to see you too, Haan."

Haan was the badgermole who had stuck with Jin ever since he was little. He was also the reason that Jin was able to learn basic Earthbending. "Guess who's coming back tomorrow."

He only received a loving grunt, but nevertheless, Jin said, "That's right, the one who fed you when you were a baby. You finally get to see her again."

Jin was pretty sure that Haan could understand him, since he had shown plenty of signs in the past. "Maybe tomorrow, we can all go for a ride outside the walls. I know you haven't been out in a while."

He started hugging Haan's snout, brushing up against his fur. "Finally, what's left of my family will be reunited. Plus I get to look forward to work everyday."

He sighed. "I like working at the Jasmine Dragon. It's much better than some of the other jobs I've had."

Quietly, he yawned. "I think I should head inside now. Get some sleep Haan, I'll see you tomorrow."

AN: I never really do OC stories, or write authors notes, but this case is rather special. I wanted to do a sort of study on the Avatar universe and it's characters. I really like the idea of the Avatar reincarnating one after another, so I wanted to do something on that. Coming up with the plot for this story was actually really fun, thinking of answers to questions such as, Who is the new Avatar? Who is the new Team Avatar? How has the world changed? How will the world change by the time the story ends? I want to experiment with possible add-ons to the world while trying to keep the spirit and feel of the original Avatar.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the story and characters, as there's a lot more to come.