"Kaz".
"Kaz".
"Kaz get up you got school"!
My eyes shot open and I look to see some brat shaking my arm, violently.
"W-what the hell"! I sat up and took a look at the room I'm currently in.
"Mom, made breakfast hurry up"! The kid quickly left the room.
The walls were red, and there was alot of furniture in the room.
It was a small room, other than that it looked like a pretty casual bedroom.
Wait.
Why am I even here?
Where am I exactly?
I got up and looked at a mirror.
"Are you serious".
I looked like an ugly shit.
Why do I look so dull?
I looked tired, expressionless, dull.
I'm also light skinned with...what color is that?
I looked closer to my eyes.
It looked amber...no bronze color?
Also my hair is in a ponytail.
More importantly...
I looked outside the window.
There was people walking everywhere, everyone looked busy.
I feel a bit strange.
This place looks ancient.
Do I even belong in this timeline?
I could've sworn I was in a place that's more...modern?
I went to the old closet, opened it to see clothes.
Well, weird clothes. They were all red, black or yellow.
Is it a tradition around here?
It took me a while, but I managed to put them on.
I checked myself in the mirror.
I look alright in these.
I had a standard trimmed long sleeve with black pants that looked a little baggy along with dark red shoes.
I should cut my hair later, though I do like the color of my eyes...if only I didn't look so dull.
So I think I traveled back in time and currently in a different body...
My name was Kaz since that brat kept calling me that.
Ok...
I should just get along with all this...
I left what I assume was my room and I was in a small hallway.
The house carpet looked quite elegant compared to everything else in the hallway.
I went downstairs to see the brat, a women and a man.
"What took you so long, Kaz"? the man told me.
Ok he's probably this guy's dad.
"I admired the beauty outside for a while, sorry for taking so long".
He nodded and he looked like a serious type of man.
I took a seat across from the kid and looked at my plate.
It...was a cooked crab.
It also smelled a bit spicy.
Am I in a rich family?
Eating delicacies like this back in the day you had to have alot of money..right?
I look to my right and there was chopsticks and a wooden spoon and fork.
I took the fork as it felt more familiar to me.
"Why don't you kids eat more traditionally, with chopsticks"? My father looked a bit annoyed.
Maybe I chose wrong..? It's not a big deal I'm sure?
"Well the Fire Nation is becoming more modern, so it's good that Kaz is getting accustomed to it". The wome- well my Mom was defending me. She looked caring and loving compared to my father, he looked cold and serious.
I ate the first piece of the crab.
"Kaz, will you be joining the Military now, it's important to serve this Nation and bring honor to this Family". My Father kept looking at me.
I shifted uncomfortably.
I'm not joining no god damn military, is he trying to get me killed?
Now that I think about it did I even travel back in time, I never heard of a country wearing only red...
"I'm still thinking about it, probably once I get stronger".
The across me smirked.
"Well you can't even firebend you shouldn't go".
Firebend? Kid was reading too much books.
I took another bite of the crab, delicious.
I look to see my Father...he looked disappointed.
"It's fine as long as you are skilled with a weapon, come Kaz, Irzam you won't be going to school today". He got up and went to the back door.
Irzam which was the kid quickly followed him.
Not going to school? Am I really in a rich family?
The house didn't look that fancy, and why did he look displeased?
I quickly finished the food and followed them.
As I went in I see my Father standing perfectly in the center with his hands behind his back waiting patiently for me.
Irzam was just spinning around.
I seemed to be in a small training room, judging by the wooden dummy and wooden weapons.
"Pick a weapon".
"It can be any, right"? I should get something simple.
"Yes, choose".
I chose the sword. Easy to use, a bit heavy for a wooden sword however.
I look up to see my Father...having a disgusted look on his face.
"A foolish weapon, pick up the Jii". He pointed at a Halberd.
This guy is already pissing me off.
I put away the Wooden Sword and got the Wooden Halberd. Or Jii?
I could barely lift this thing.
"Hit me once Kaz".
I nodded he could get hurt by this, it weighs a ton.
I got in a decent stance and wildly swung the halberd vertically at him only for him to sidestep.
No matter how fast I was swinging he would dodge as if it was nothing.
I need to rest.
I sat down, exhausted from moving this damn halberd around.
"Tch, pathetic".
He walked past me and left the room.
Irzam left with the man.
I don't even wanna be here.
Why am I here?
Quest
Still got time?
Disappointing your Father made him change his mind to sending you to school.
Req: Get to School in 5 minutes!
Rewards
25 Exp
5 Copper Coins (Fire Nation)
Failure
-Rep with Family.
Accept/Decline.
What the fuck is this?
I blinked twice.
There's a floating object with words in front of me.
It's telling me to accept or decline to go to school, telling me that trash is disappointed in me.
This world is weird.
I took a deep breath and took another look at it.
I should accept it since I already got my Father mad.
How do I accept this?
I tapped on accept.
It felt solid yet smooth.
It disappeared and all of a sudden I had some kind of line.
It was at the ceiling, like it was guiding me to the school I presume?
This world is definitely weird...
I got up and stretched.
I followed it until I was outside.
My house looked alright.
Very...cultural I guess.
I look to what I think was the plaza.
There was many people around and merchants.
It looked lively.
I then proceeded to follow the line to my school.
No one seems to notice the line? I guess it's normal.
Looking around there was alot of flags and soldiers.
I'm guessing that fire symbol is their emblem.
I see it on the soldiers uniforms aswell.
I made it to the school which wasn't that far to my house.
Though...
As I arrived.
Quest Completed!
Level 1: 25/250
Earned 5 Copper Coins(Fire Nation).
Level 1?
I see a bunch of people outside of the school.
Well the School yard I assume, it was large.
"Kaz, come here". A mature woman was calling me over.
A teacher perhaps? She looked rather stunning.
I walked upto her.
"The last day of School is optional, stay if you want to enlist and join the Military".
Quest
Join the Fire Nation Military
Req: Sign up and join either the Army or Navy
Optional: Easily do the Course under 2 minutes.
Rewards
Become a Private in the Fire Nation Military
500 Exp
1 Silver Coin(Fire Nation)
Rep with Father
Failure
-Rep with Father
Agree/Decline
Fuck no, I'm not gonna be forced in this world and be told to join the damn Army.
Especially if it's named 'Fire Nation Military'.
I pressed decline and walked away.
I wanna adventure instead or stay home and relax, let me look around this damn town.
"Kaz, what're you doing"? The Teacher called out to me.
I looked back and told her this "I don't wanna join". She had a displeased look and crossed her arms
"Your father was pretty serious on how you should attend this, you wouldn't wanna upset him now do you"?
Quest
Join th-
I pressed accept.
He might kick me out if I leave, if I were to decline and return home, he was probably gonna kick me out. As for this whole Military thing, I'll figure something out.
The teacher smiled and nodded.
"Good, now let's go to the Army Recruitment Center".
Why go now when I arrived? Shouldn't we wait for the other students?
No matter.
I was at the back of the line following some girl infront of me.
Now that I think about it how old am I?
I seem to be 15, I'm sure.
Yea.
There's no mistaking it since the girl infront of me has a nice as- I looked away.
I, was I older before when I came to this world?
When I try to think back I just remember waking up in my room with Izkam, that was his name right?
Don't care.
U-uhh..
Then I saw it.
3 soldiers showing off...well, they shot fire out of their damn hands!!!
I KNEW I WAS IN SOME DIFFERENT WORLD.
The signs were obvious...I shouldn't be surprised!
I can do that right?
Probably with hard work I can do that?
Maybe joining the Military was a good thing, who wouldn't wanna shoot fucking fire out of their hands?!
No.
Remembering that Izkam kid saying I couldn't firebend destroyed my hopes, well no I mean maybe the previous owner of this body didn't train hard enough to firebend.
It's not like you have to be born with it, that'll be too cruel.
Then I see a large building.
It had 3 floors and had an aura of authority around it.
That's a rather large recruitment center...
When I got inside it was really neat.
There was plenty of chairs and I sat on one.
I look to my right to see the girls face that was infront of the line with me.
She's cute.
Wait.
I looked the other way.
I should stop.
Now that I see, almost everyone has amber-like eyes.
Is it common around here, I though I was atleast unique.
Many students, well can I call them students?
Anyways they were entering the rooms that had recruiters in there and leaving rather quickly.
Each one had a nervous look when they entered but a determined look when they left.
If everyone is passing this, then it has to be easy.
Well, I'm pretty sure they passed since no one would look determined if they failed, well unless they were determined to try ag-
"Kaz".
That's me.
I got up and walked in the room my teacher pointed to.
How is a School connected to the Military? Let's just enter.
I entered the room to see a old guy sitting there patiently.
I closed the door and sat down.
"Hello I'm Corporal Wehoka".
I shook his hand.
"Kaz Ernal".
"Ok first tell me why you want to join".
He had his quill pen and paper ready.
Should I just bullshit my way?
"I want to join to help my Nation fight and honor my family".
Speech Check Failed: 5/10
What the fuck is that.
Those words were like at the top left of my vision.
I look to see the recruiter.
He looked displeased.
Wait when I failed did that made him displeased?
If I passed it then...
"Can you firebend"?
"No".
He wrote it down displeased yet again.
But no check?
I don't even know what's going on anymore.
I can't wait to firebend.
"Do you want to join the Army or the Navy"?
Uh.
"Which do you recommend"?
Then he smiled.
"Heh, well if you ask me join the Navy, it's more fun".
"Then Navy".
He wrote it down with a pleased look.
"That's it".
Seriously?
"Really"? He nodded and set down the wuill pen and paper.
"Yes, since you came from the School and was born here we can trust you, besides we need all the soldiers we can get".
He gave me a small note with a stamp on my name.
"Just wait out there".
I got up shook his hand and proceeded to leave.
As I left.
No one was there.
I mean like no one was sitting, where's the Teacher and the others?
He said to wait out there but no one is here.
I walked up to the nearest guard.
"Excuse me sir, where did they go"?
He looked terrifying.
He had some intimidating armor, he was taller than me and not only that he had that unsettling skull on his face.
"Yea, they went past the hallway all the way to the end, kid".
"Thanks"! I quickly turned and ran down the hallway.
Why do I run slow?
I just noticed how slow I run, did I always run this slow?
I opened the door to see, well a training grounds...no it looked like a course.
I see a guy around my age easily going through the course with ease.
"Kova is so hot".
What.
I look to my left to see the group of girls talking about how great he is.
This...I'm just gonna ignore it.
When Kova was done he was escorted back in the building by a soldier.
Guess you go back in the building when you complete it?
Names were called one by one each one completing the course.
If everyone's passing this then I got this in the bag.
"Kaz".
Here I go.
I then got on the start pad.
"Begin when you're ready". Some old guy had a clipboard of some sort to review how well I do.
I ran up the steps.
Bit tiring but easy.
When I got up, I knew this wasn't gonna end well for me.
"I-I did it"!
I stumbled and fell on the ground in exhaustion.
I'm sweating bullets cause of this damn course.
"Come on, it wasn't that bad recruit, come now".
The soldier turned and went to enter the building.
Quest Completed!
Level Up!
Level 2: 250/500
1 Silver Coin(Fire Nation) Earned
Rep with Father
I felt a wave of refreshness around my body.
A boost of energy aswell!
I quickly followed the soldier into the building.
That was strange.
Eventually I was handed a paper.
"You come back here tomorrow morning, you will be handed your uniform tomorrow and will be assigned to a Captain, understood recruit"?
I nodded.
"Yes sir".
The soldier waved at me to the door and I left.
I quickly retraced my steps to the school, then to my house and rested in my room.
"This is all happening too fast". I sighed and closed my eyes.
Who was Kaz?
I don't seem to have any friends since no one approached me.
I seem to be part of a rich family I guess.
But, I got no Fire Bending.
Those soldiers, shot fire out of their hands.
Can you also shoot water and air out of your hands?
More importantly I don't think I was hallucinating when the floating stone appeared.
When it said I leveled up, I had a boost in energy.
Not only that I felt 'new'.
Like my body improved alot.
Maybe because that energy boost felt amazing.
I look to my right to see some books on a shelf.
Though there was only 4 books I decided to read them.
When I opened the first one.
'How to proficiently use Firebending in combat'.
Bending increased to 8.
What?
The words only appeared for 3 seconds on the top left of my vision.
My bending increased?
Does that mean that I can bend?
It probably worked since I did felt a burst of energy thanks to that 'level up'.
It's best not to firebend in my room.
By the way, these words, remind me of a game.
It's silly but I feel like it's part of a life I used to live back before all this.
I opened the rest of the 3 books but they didn't increase anything else.
Though I did learn this.
There are other places besides here.
The Earth Kingdom.
The Water Tribe.
The Air Nomads.
Not only that but the books were stating how the Fire Nation is trying to spread their greatness across the world and expand it.
"Huh".
I noticed a small blinking on my top right side.
You could barely notice it.
How do I take it away?
Say 'Menu'.
Another message on my top left of my vision.
"Menu"..?
A large screen appeared.
Status, Inventory, Quests, Options?
I took a deep breath to calm my self down.
I pressed Status to see this.
Status
Name: Kaz Ernal
Level 2: 250/750 Exp
Strength - 2
Endurance - 2
Dexterity - 2
Perception - 2
Intelligence - 2
Charisma - 2
Pts - 1
Skills
Bending - 8
Melee Weapons - 5
Ranged Weapons - 5
Unarmed - 5
Speech - 5
Barter - 5
Medicine - 5
Chi Control - 5
Crafting - 5
Sneak - 5
Picklocking - 5
Skill Pts - 20
Oh my god.
I can't tell if they're good or not.
Well I gotta be strong, gotta be the strongest ever!
I added 1 point into Strength bringing it upto 3.
I also dumped all 20 points into Bending bringing it to 28.
Hell yea, wonder if I can-
What's this?
Perks?
Every two levels you get a perk point, select a perk.
I see 2 perks available.
Bending Affinity I - Able to bend 1 element the user chose and have a slight resistance to the selected element.
Prodigious Entity - Earn an additional 3 Skill Points every Level.
Holy shit.
If I pick Bending Affinity I then I can firebend, right?
I'll really need it if I'm going to the Navy.
Prodigious Entity well...I don't need an extra 3 skill points for every level.
I selected Bending Affinity I.
I froze in place and my room turned white and gray.
Whoa.
Air
Earth
Fire
Water
Next to those words had the corresponding elements.
I chose fire. I mean if I were to choose the others, would I be an enemy?
Yea, let's not think about that.
As soon as I chose fire, the room returned to its colors and I could move again.
I should go show my Father.
It feels weird, saying he's my father when he's not.
I ran downstairs to see my mother.
"Mother, where's my Father"?
She turned and smiled.
"He's at the library".
I nodded and turned to a room I never entered.
Another hallway.
There were 3 doors.
One in front and the other two on opposite sides.
I decided to go left.
I opened it to indeed see my Father, reading a book.
"Father, I joined the Navy"!
He then looked up.
"The Navy, you're an idiot for choosing to join the Navy".
What?
"Well not only that, I can firebend"!
He looked up.
Ahh, there's the reaction I wanted to see.
He had a smirk on his face.
"Let's see then, to the Training room". He put down the book as if he wasn't interested in it in the first place.
When I arrived to the Training Grounds I mentally prepared myself.
"Ok show me boy, any fire move will do"!
He leaned on the door frame.
I nodded and smiled. I then aligned myself to a stone dummy.
I closed my eyes.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Fire!
I threw a punch to the dummy.
I felt heat come out of my fist.
I opened my eyes in exci-
No fire.
"Well, show me".
"Wait hold on, I could of sworn it would work".
"Kaz, did you even try to firebend before showing me"?
Crap, I should've planned ahead.
"I just felt it in my room, I felt a sudden heat surrounding my body".
"First off if you want to firebend, channel anger through yourself, feel rage and pour it out of your first to make fire".
He then left.
Anger?
Well, it's worth a try.
I continued punching and imagining a big fireball coming out of my fist.
"Come on"!!
I kept punching.
Fireball!
I threw the punch with all my might while imagining a source of energy flowing throughvmy body coming oit of my fist.
Bending Check: 28/15
"WOOSH"!
My eyes popped out as it exploded onto the Stone Dummy.
"BLAM"!
I stood in silence as there was small bits of fire lingering on the now Scorched Stone Dummy.
Why do I feel like this is just the beginning of a large adventure?
Author's Note
Thank you for reading this far, I haven't typed a story in a long time (you can check my previous horribly written stories in my profile). The Rpg has a little bits of Fallout elements in it, the stats itself was my idea. I will make each chapter have 'atleast' 2.5k words. The First Chapter was a bit slow-paced so I'll try to pace it up a bit to the juicy parts.