"We've been walking for ages, shouldn't we set camp" Sokka suggested. "Not a bad idea, what about that clearing?" answered Katara. "Did we have to walk for so long, the clearing back there was fine" grumbled Sokka. "Do you mean the one with a fallen tree covering three quarters of it?" Katara asked with annoyance. "When you're as tired as I am even a rocky clearing would look fine" protested Sokka. "Sorry guys but Appa gets tired from carrying all of us" explained Aang. "I'm just glad that I can travel with the earth beneath my feet for once" said Toph.
After sometime everything was set up and they were getting
ready for bed when they heard a voice. "Hello? Anyone there" the voice came from the trees. "Sounds like someone is lost" said Katara concerned. "No, don't even think about it we are not helping, it could be a firebender" Sokka said sternly. Then the bushes moved and out came a boy with chestnut brown hair and olive green eyes. "Shoji!" exclaimed Aang who had been staying out of Sokka and Katara's argument. "Kuzon!" exclaimed a surprised Shoji. "You know him Aa... I mean Kuzon" asked Sokka. "I met him in the fire nation school" explained Aang. "How are you?" asked Aang. "Good" replied Shoji.
"I hate to be interrupting your friendly little conversation but what's he doing here" asked Sokka suspiciously. "I got lost in the forest" explained Shoji. "You can stay with us for the night" offered Katara "Thanks" Shoji said sitting down beside Aang. "How come you're all the way out here and not where you live?" asked Aang. "I ran away "answered Shoji quietly. "What! Isn't that supposed to be against the rules or something" Toph asked surprised. "Well…" started Shoji uncomfortably "Way to go breaking rules" Toph interrupted happily. "Why have you run away" queried Katara. "Azula has been chasing me" explained Shoji grimly. "She just has to have someone to chase doesn't she" Sokka said annoyed a bit. "What do you mean?" asked Shoji. "She use to chase us too" explained Aang. "Why?" asked Shoji. Silence followed that question. "Well are we going to be like this all night or can some of us go to bed?
After everyone got to bed shoji asked a question.
"Kuzon if you're an earthbender then you hate Fire Lord Ozai" "Well I, wait earthbender? Aang said uncomfortably.
"I guessed when you closed the cave back then, its ok your secret is safe and about the Fire Lord I don't like him either" "You don't?" asked Aang surprised. "We were told that the Fire Nation is spreading its greatness but lately I've been questioning is it terror and suffering or greatness so now I want there to be no war and everything to be like it was 100 years ago" explained Shoji sadly "Me too" agreed Aang. "So now I'm looking for the Avatar something tells me he wasn't killed at Ba Sing Se" confessed Shoji. "You're right" Aang confirmed. "I don't think Kuzon is your real name, is it?" asked Shoji. "No "answered Aang. "My grandfather's name was Kuzon and he had a friend from another nation" said Shoji suddenly. Aang's heartbeat quickened. "What nation" asked Aang a little too quickly. "The air nomads" replied Shoji. "I can't believe it" Aang thought. "He use to tell me stories of the fun they had together they even went looking for dragons and found one. The air nomad sometimes called him h-" "Hotman" Aang interrupted. "How do you know?" Shoji asked surprised. Aang took off his headband and said
"My real name is Aang, I am that air nomad, I am the Avatar"