Untouchable

By: Kevin Kalis

Chapter 1: The party

(A/N): Hey this story was requested by my friend Amy a week ago so I decided to give it a shot. I don't own anything from avatar but I will one day! Please review my work and tell me if its good or bad. I have low self esteem for my own work so please help me out! I'm gonna try for weekly updates but if I get delayed its for school reasons okay? And this first chapter is only an intro. I promise there will be action scenes in chapter 2 okay? And there will be Toph and Sokka there too! I promise! Thanks!

The darkness crept up on all sides. It threatened to consume all in it's path. A lone man stood in the long, dusty road that blocked it's way. The dark entity sized him up. The tall man looked strong. Muscular shoulders covered by shredded remains of what had once been a uniform he was proud to wear. He hadn't slept in days as indicated by the dark, looming circles under his eyes.

The man raised his long, black saber. The weapon had obviously seen immense amounts of combat. It bore the strange symbol of the Al V'ehem'en resistance on it's hilt and the experience of years in it's core. The darkness slithered forward, knowing that this man stood no chance of stopping it alone. The darkness charged forward, almost too fast for the eyes to follow. The man simply sidestepped the attack as if it was going in slow motion. He raised his sword up and brought it down powerfully. The darkness may have stumbled but it quickly raised it's own blade in response. As the two swords clashed, sparks exploded from them. The curved scimitar that was wielded by the darkness was crafted of a golden metal hotter than the desert sun. It's handle was of the same scorching, bright metal and crafted into an intricate spiral design. Metal clashed and sparks flew again and again as the two masters battled for supremacy. As the battle escalated, an explosion of light scorched the sky and a clap of thunder seemed to echo the ringing of the swords. It seemed that nature itself was anxiously waiting to see the outcome of the battle. As the two swords clashed, the man couldn't help but wonder, for the hundredth time, if this could have been avoided.

Jey collapsed into his chair at his desk. You would expect the floor of a thirteen year old boy's room to be covered in garbage, food, and various bits of leftover dirt. However, this particular room was pristine. The only garbage on this floor was dozens of crumpled papers and schematics in the corner near the waste basket.

Jey's parents had decided that he should spend the summer at their beach house. He loathed that beach. There was nothing to do but swim, lay on the beach, and get very lazy very quickly. He was glad he had decided to turn the basement into a dojo. Otherwise, he might have simply sat there for days. Jey decide to practice his forms again. He stood up, walked to his sword rack, and picked out his favorite wooden training katana.

"Argh! This is so BORING!" he shouted to no one in particular. He brought his katana down in a flash and then backed up a step. He brought the sword in for another cross strike on the training dummy he had. "Stupid beach house! Stupid parents! Stupid island!" He yelled in between each strike of the sword. He was angry about the message he had received the previous night that had sent him into a fitful sleep that had not left him feeling any more refreshed than the previous night.

Jey, I am sorry to inform you son, but your mother and I have to stay in Omashu for another week due to business. I am sorry we will not be there but this is incredibly important to the security of the nation. We will be there to pick you up next week. Try not to cause any trouble and the time will be up before you know it. Your mother says that we will make it up to you as soon as we can. Oh, and I hope you have a Happy Birthday.

Signed,

Dad

Jey wasn't sure how to react at first. On one hand, he was glad to get away from his annoying parents. On the other hand, There was absolutely NOTHING to do. A knock at the door startled him out of his thoughts.

"Who is it?" He asked.

A sharp reply gave him his answer.

"Who else would bother to wake up at ten in the morning to come over here?" The voice replied.

"Sorry, my bad!" He said as he swung open the heavy wooden door.

Outside the door stood a short, black haired girl who was glaring at him, irritated. Her long bangs fell over her cloudy, grey eyes. She stood there for a minute, not sure whether or not to slug him for not remembering that she was coming over. "I swear Jey, you could have at least bothered to remember that I was coming over! And another thing, were you just planning on sitting around all day?" She ranted like this for another minute or two until she realized her point had been made. "Sorry Kai! I was a little pissed off and a lot distracted." He said with a heavy sigh. He knew that Kai was not a morning person.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Just get dressed and get up! You can't sit around on the day before your birthday! Let's go to the market and pick up some stuff for a party!" Kai exclaimed excitedly. He simply nodded his head and went off to get dressed. One of these days she's going to kill me with all that energy He thought drearily to himself.

He pulled on a simple pair of cloth pants and a plain white shirt. His parents might have been rich, but that didn't mean he liked to show it. Kai was his best friend because she seemed to be the only one who understood that fact. As he headed downstairs Kai shouted at him to hurry up from the kitchen.

The market was really packed today. Dozens of people were moving from one shop to the next, haggling for a lower price. (Most of them were failing miserably). Kai dragged him by the arm from shop to shop, buying every party food in the history of mankind. "How much for that cake?" She asked one of the finer looking shopkeepers. "For you miss, three silver pieces." He replied. She replied thank you, handed him the money, and took off leaving Jey to carry the increasingly full basket of food. "Hey, Kai! Wait up! This thing is getting really heavy!" Jey shouted as he ran after her. She looked at the basket and made a thoughtful face. "Okay, if its getting heavy then maybe we should drop it off at my place?" She asked. "Okay sure, but do you want to get some lunch first? All this food is making me really hungry and I am not going to be able to carry this all the way to your place on an empty stomach." Jey answered swiftly. His arms were beginning to fall asleep and he was definitely not going to be in a good position with Kai should he drop all of it.

They headed to the end of the street to a little tavern and ordered some lunch. "So what did you get me?" He asked curiously. "I can't tell you that! It's a surprise! And no, you cant have any hints." Kai replied, dropping the subject. Jey, however, wasn't quite done with the subject. "But you usually hate surprises!"He answered. Kai had to resist the strong urge to smile at this. "True but this is a really good surprise. Okay? Now no more questions!" Kai was grateful when he did, in fact, let the matter go. The two of them ate and talked lightly about what to do for their trip.

On Jey's birthday he would be fourteen and he decided that he was old enough to travel on his own now. He had been making preparations for weeks ahead of time to leave and go to a big city somewhere. Kai was going with him, of course, so he wouldn't get lonely or anything. Later that evening, He and Kai sat talking about where to go. "I'm thinking some big city or something." Jey said. Kai cut off his next statement by quickly replying, "No way am I going anywhere near a huge city or something. I kind of wanted to go somewhere a little quieter." Jey's face fell an inch but it didn't show too much. "Oh alright...but I still want to leave before my parents get back from Omashu okay?" He acquiesced. She only nodded in silent agreement.

Neither wanted to be around when Jey's parents found out that they had decided to travel the world. She shuddered at the thought of their reactions. "Alright, well we had better get to sleep. Tomorrow's the party and you had better be in top condition because I invited everyone on Ember island to this thing!" She exclaimed happily. Oh goody, He thought, More people get to see me drunk.